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Councilman-elect, Tyrone E. Oliver, 63, acknowledged that he had been charged with drug felonies in 1986 but said the cases had been "handled."
Read More »Ocala Council Election Thrown Into Turmoil Over Winning Candidate’s Felony Arrests
Marion County’s Evergreen Elementary Gets New Operator After First Year Of “Turnaround Plan”
At last week’s Florida Board of Education meeting in Lakeland, Marion County Superintendent Heidi Maier expressed that while she is proud of the progress Marion County public schools have made since 2016, she remains concerned about Evergreen Elementary, one of the remaining two D schools in Marion County.
Read More »ACLU Sues Over Florida Law That Requires Felons To Pay Fees, Fines Before Voting
The ACLU says the new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis creates "two classes of returning citizens: those who are wealthy enough to vote and those who cannot afford to."
Read More »Gainesville Charter Review Proposes Commissioner Term Extension
Each term would last four years, and candidates could run again after taking a term off.
Read More »Alachua County Property Appraiser Ed Crapo Is Retiring After 40 Years In Office. Here’s How His Job Has Changed
Crapo is the longest-serving elected official to serve as a constitutional officer in Alachua County.
Read More »DeSantis Orders Elections Security Review
Eight days after being notified that Russia hacked into two Florida county's election records during the 2016 election, Gov. DeSantis directed the Secretary of State to conduct a review of the security of state and county elections systems.
Read More »Alachua County Will Have Bilingual Ballots And Poll Workers At 2020 Elections
Voting in the 2020 election will be a little easier for Spanish-speaking voters in Alachua County. They will no longer need to use Spanish sample ballots as a reference when voting.
Read More »City of Alachua Elections Results Are In
City of Alachua elections were held Tuesday to decide the Mayoral and City Commissioner seats resulting in a runoff between Pelham and Coerper for mayor, and Wilford with the Commissioner seat 2.
Read More »Mayor Lauren Poe, Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos Celebrate Re-Election
Mayor Lauren Poe and District Four Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos will serve another term after winning re-election Tuesday. They celebrated their victory together with a crowd that included most of their colleagues.
Read More »Gainesville Mayoral Election Preview: Lauren Poe Faces Three Challengers For Re-Election
Mayor Lauren Poe will face off against challengers Marlon Bruce, Jenn Powell and Jennifer Reid for re-election. Bruce, Powell and Reid are each hoping to energize voters for their first political office.
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