Tag Archives: Student

Program for school-age students seeking mentors

The Education Foundation of Alachua County’s Take Stock in Children program is looking for people interested in becoming mentors to area middle and high students.  The group holds its Mentor Mixer on March 31 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Scorpio at 3911 Newberry Road in Gainesville.

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Gainesville’s kratom community weighs in on state legislation to raise the minimum age to 21

CLARIFICATION: This article has been updated to clarify statements from Mai Kai to show they do not serve kratom to minors. ___ The Florida Legislature’s second recent endeavor in regulating kratom, an herbal extract that creates effects similar to stimulants and sedatives, won unanimous approval in the House of Representatives …

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House bill proposes to drop gun-buying age to 18

Republican Florida House of Representatives Bobby Payne, Palatka, and Tyler Sirois, Merritt Island, are cosponsoring HB 1543, which proposes to reduce the minimum age at which a person may purchase, sell or transfer a firearm from 21 to 18. The measure is headed to the Criminal Justice Subcommittee for discussion March 13.

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