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Read More »The Point, April 15, 2021: Looking Back At Black Thursday And UF’s Racial Equity, 50 Years Later
It was an instrumental event in furthering Black presence at the university.
Read More »The Point, April 14, 2021: What You Should Know About The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause
NPR offers this guide.
Read More »Census Results Expected This Month; Will Alachua County’s Arab Americans, College Students Be Accurately Counted?
Arab Americans in Alachua County worry their community will not be accurately counted in the results of the 2020 United States Census.
Read More »The Point, April 13, 2021: What Hawthorne’s Industry Park Could Mean For The Small City
The site is just awaiting its first company.
Read More »Policing Changes Stalled As Florida Legislative Session Winds Down
As the Florida legislative session is slated to end April 30, many measures to reform policing proposed in February have yet to be heard in committees.
Read More »Hawthorne Industry Park Moves A Step Closer To Boosting City’s Economy, Workforce
The park is marketed by the City of Hawthorne, Weyerhaeuser, the Hawthorne Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce as a potential manufacturing, industrial or commercial site.
Read More »The Point, April 12, 2021: Back On Track? High Springs-Newberry Rail Trail Idea Resurfaces
The idea had seemed to die in 2019.
Read More »A Florida Bill Could Make Reporting A Sexual Assault Safer For Survivors
The bill creates four key changes to current policies.
Read More »Putnam County School District Trudges Forward With Revitalization Plan; No Teachers Will Be Laid Off
The plan calls for the closure of several schools at the end of this school year, with the hope that new ones will be built in the future.
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