At the beginning of the vaccine rollout in 2021, data show Latinos lagged behind whites in vaccination uptake. In Florida, that trend is reversing with Latinos now taking the lead. Before the vaccination clinic opened its doors at the Farmworker Association of Florida, Teresa was waiting outside. She was first …
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The family couldn’t have predicted that their world would be turned upside down when Category Four Hurricane Ida barrelled through Lousiana on Aug. 29.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, heirs’ property is “the leading cause of Black involuntary land loss.” African Americans, who once owned 15 million acres, lost up to 90 % of their land from 1910-2007.
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Trinity Peacock,18-year-old Williston Middle High School senior, packs and distributes feminine hygiene products to those experiencing homelessness through her service project, Project Pink, which began in August 2020.
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Gainesville outreach services are guiding homeless people on how they can receive the third round of stimulus payments.
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Key distribution for new lockers for the downtown Gainesville homeless community begins this week.
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Saturday marks the start of the six-month long Atlantic hurricane season, and with the destruction of Hurricane Michael still visible, Florida residents may have a heightened sense of skittishness when it comes to perceived hurricane threats.
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Florida was approved Sunday for federal disaster relief as the powerful, wide and deadly Hurricane Irma made its second landfall of the day.
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As massive Hurricane Irma battered Florida on a path up the Gulf Coast, Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday advised residents against rushing out once the storm appears to have passed.
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After ending an 11-year stormless streak in 2016, Florida enters its annual hurricane season on Thursday with forecasters predicting an above-average season.
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