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Find out what local amendments will be on your 2020 general election ballot.
Read More »What’s On Your Ballot? In Gainesville, Four City Charter Amendments
Latest Tally Shows Millions Of Dollars In Damage To 24 Florida Parks From Hurricane Sally
Weeks after Hurricane Sally made landfall in the Panhandle near the state’s border with Alabama, the latest figures put damages to state parks in the region at roughly $2.5 million.
Read More »Gainesville Will Build A New Road Paralleling I-75 In The Coming Years, But First It Needs The Land
A new road that will extend Southwest 62nd Boulevard to Clark Butler Boulevard is currently scheduled to begin in the winter of 2021 and be completed in early 2023.
Read More »Waldo Road Lighting Restoration Promises A Brighter Future For Community
Florida Department of Transportation began construction of new light poles and sidewalk restoration on Northeast Waldo Road.
Read More »Alachua County Commission Postpones Vote On Solar Facility Because Of Power Outage
In perhaps another sign of the times Tuesday, a Duke Energy power outage prevented residents from airing concerns about a proposed solar facility that would be managed by the utility.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Pushes Forward In Allowing Open Containers On City Property
The Gainesville City Commission took the first step in suspending the enforcement of open containers of alcohol on city property in a meeting on Thursday.
Read More »Florida Moves Ahead With More Electric-Vehicle Plans: Will Investment Pass By Poor, Minority Communities?
Will the next generation of clean cars and trucks drive past Florida’s poorest neighborhoods or minority communities?
Read More »Pandemic’s Bicycle Boom Leaves Gainesville’s Bike Shops Reeling
With gyms closed and stay-at-home orders in place, many people were desperate for any excuse to get outside, which made independent forms of exercise and outdoor recreation all the more desirable, leading to a boom in bicycle sales.
Read More »DeSantis Signs Bills On Wrongful Incarceration, Broadband
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 25 bills into law, including approving $2.15 million for a Jacksonville man wrongfully imprisoned for almost 43 years and two measures tied to a series of controversial highway plans.
Read More »Out Of Sight, Still A Blight
Known to pollute water, leaky septic tanks can also pose problems for human health. Whether they can spread COVID-19 is uncertain.
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