Depot Avenue and Southwest 4th Street could see decorative LED lighting, added roundabouts, brick sidewalks and maintained jogging trails following approval of a $7 million construction project.
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Hispanic Millennials give WUFT News an inside view into their feelings about the 2016 Presidential Election and the direction they think the country is headed.
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The Gainesville Chamber of Commerce recently voted not to support the Wild Spaces Public Places tax referendum on November's ballot.
Read More »An incoming storm may affect turnout for early voting or Election Day in Florida.
Read More »Democratic leaders want Rep. Alan Grayson to go away. His ex-wife says he's abusive. Ethics questions dog him. Yet the liberal lawmaker is refusing to drop his bid for the U.S. Senate, potentially upending party hopes that moderate Rep. Patrick Murphy will emerge as the nominee against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
Read More »A state task force began an emotional debate Wednesday about how to commemorate the victims of abuse and brutality at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and what to do with the unidentified remains of youths who died at the shuttered reform school. The nine-member panel, which held its first meeting in Marianna, near the site of the 1,400-acre Dozier property in Jackson County, has been directed by the Legislature to develop recommendations by Oct. 1 on the creation of a memorial to honor the victims of the reform school, which operated from 1900 to 2011, as well as designating a permanent burial site for victims whose bodies were unidentified or unclaimed. Detzner said
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As delegates gathered for the final delegation breakfast speakers took turns demonstrating the challenges Florida delegates will have to face in the coming months.
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After their call for a special legislative session failed, Florida Democrats say they will continue to seek "common-sense" regulations on the sales of weapons to people on federal watch lists.
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Starting Friday, clergy who don't want to marry same-sex couples will have state backing for their beliefs, high school students will have more choice over where they play sports or study, and local governments won't be able to regulate the use of Styrofoam containers. Those are among the 159 new laws that will go into effect in Florida on July 1. The laws range from the latest record-setting state budget to a public records exemption for taped, mixed-martial arts bouts.
Read More »Registered voters in Marion County received district changes and new voting locations, due to recent revisions to Florida Congressional and state Senate district lines.
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