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The idea has been discussed for years, but never in such detail.
Read More »The Point, June 7, 2019: New Red, White And Blue Star Decals Will Soon Adorn Gainesville City Streets
It will be affixed to street signs where the road is named after a fallen soldier or public safety officer.
Read More »The Point, June 5, 2019: Meet Andrew Cao, Who Went From Broadway To The Swamp To Teach Dance
He's a Broadway performer-turned-faculty-member at the University of Florida.
Read More »Florida Deputy Charged For Inaction During Parkland Shooting
Scot Peterson was on duty as the resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the day of the February 2018 shooting but never entered the building while bullets were flying.
Read More »The Point, June 4, 2019: What Is The Cabot-Koppers Superfund Site’s Future? No One Yet Knows
It's been almost a year since Alachua County announced it was considering the Cabot-Koppers Superfund as a possible location for the new county fairgrounds.
Read More »The Point, May 31, 2019: Alachua County Follows Gainesville’s Lead In Banning Conversion Therapy
County commissioners this week approved the ban. A similar one is already in place within Gainesville city limits.
Read More »A Small Gainesville Farm Works To Bring Food Justice to the South
In 2010 the Agricultural Justice Project launched the Food Justice certification, which ensures farmworker rights not granted by law. These rights create new costs for certified farmers while the American farmers’ debt has risen to $409 billion.
Read More »Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries
After two master's degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.
Read More »Hispanic Unemployment Has Hit Record Lows. But Does That Mean Progress?
Latino joblessness has dipped to historic lows. But many economists are taking those numbers with caution: There's still a gaping wage difference with white workers.
Read More »The Point, May 29, 2019: ‘You Can Accomplish Anything’: And At 76, He Just Earned A UF Master’s Degree
With that credo, 76-year-old Robert Blok recently earned a master's degree from the University of Florida.
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