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Activists have spent the past three weeks trying to urgently sway Gainesville city budget decisions.
Read More »Gainesville Activists Want Shift In City Budget Priorities, But Will Likely Have To Wait A Year
Five Voting Precincts In Alachua County Have New Polling Places For The 2020 Election
As a result of COVID-19 closures and other changes, several Gainesville-area polling places are different in next month's primary election.
Read More »GOP Scales Back Convention Plans In Florida, Relenting On Virus Restrictions
Attendance will be limited to delegates for most of the event, a far smaller crowd than President Trump had insisted on. Health and safety protocols will also be in place.
Read More »Trump Points To Being ‘Flexible’ On Convention
Amid ballooning coronavirus cases in Florida, Trump implied hosting the convention in Jacksonville might not be set in stone.
Read More »DeSantis Vetoes A ‘Big Hit’ To Health Care Budget
DeSantis vetoed $1 billion of the $92.2 billion state budget on Monday.
Read More »What You Need To Do To Get Your Government Stimulus Check
The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks in the next three weeks. The payments are part of the $2.2 trillion rescue package signed into law last week by President Donald Trump aimed at combating the economic ravages of the coronavirus outbreak. Most people don’t …
Read More »Alachua County Aiming For UF Students To Say They Live In Gainesville For 2020 Census
Alachua County lost hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding because too few UF students stated during the 2010 census counting that they lived in Gainesville, officials said.
Read More »As Micanopy’s Cemetery Runs Out Of Space, Seminole Battleground May Prevent Expansion
The Micanopy Historic Cemetery Association proposed plans to expand the 200-year-old cemetery into the adjacent lot, which is comprised of three plots of land owned by the Town of Micanopy. However, the plan is facing pushback from some community leaders because the 4.5-acre expansion would mean tampering with historic land.
Read More »High Springs Resident Selected As New Charter Review Commission Member
The Alachua County Commissioners on Tuesday appointed a new member to the charter review commission, replacing a disgruntled one who resigned abruptly last week.
Read More »Vietnam Veterans Ride To Honor One Another At Second Annual Event
To these Vietnam War veterans, freedom sounds like the roar of a motorcycle engine.
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