LACONIA, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump kept up a steady drumbeat of criticism of his chief rival Ron DeSantis on Thursday, jumping immediately on remarks by the Florida governor on the campaign trail to try to highlight his own strength as the leading GOP presidential candidate. Trump, appearing in …
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The Alachua County Office of Waste Alternatives is inviting residents to participate in a two-month environmental scavenger hunt that began Feb. 22 and will conclude on April 22, which is Earth Day. “Eco Chase Challenge – The Race Against Waste” will welcome up to 50 teams, with up to five …
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College students across Florida are organizing a protest campaign against a new proposal backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that would remove degree programs that teach critical race theory and gender studies. “Students are rallying to reject House Bill 999,” said Bryan Gonzalez, a fourth-year political science student at Florida State …
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Rebecca Smith, 38, and her tech startup Thrifty won the $5,000 “Rising Star Startup of the Year” award at the 4th annual CelebrateGNV on Feb 2. The event, spearheaded by non-profit organization startGNV, highlights the past year’s successes of local Gainesville tech startups and businesses.
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HOMOSASSA, Fla. — For the small, outspoken liberal minority in Citrus County, death threats, bullying and harassment are common occurrences for their vocal opposition to conservative beliefs in the area. Dale Pray, a 68-year-old retiree who moved to Florida from Maine about 13 years ago, has publicly spoken out against …
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Around 150 people gathered at The Old Citrus County Courthouse in Inverness to protest abortion rights at the annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Service.
Read More »Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Two more deadly pedestrian accidents occur in Alachua County. “A woman walking her dog Thursday night and a child crossing to a playground Friday morning were victims in two deadly …
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The air in McPherson Complex Auditorium in Ocala, once stale with bureaucracy, surged with something much more urgent upon the introduction of Item 7. Items 1-6 on the Marion County Commission planning and zoning agenda – ensnared in traps of technical jargon and dusted with mundane details – didn’t hold …
Read More »Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Florida Politics: Joe Harding indicted on wire fraud, money laundering charges. “Harding, an Ocala Republican recently elected to his second term representing District 24, was released Wednesday on a $10,000 bond.” • …
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The news that Iran threatened the families of its World Cup soccer team, which refused to sing the national anthem, came as no surprise to Shabnam Goli. When Goli was one, she was arrested. She and her mother spent a night in an Iranian jail for being at a birthday …
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