Ariella Phillips
Ariella is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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The law, signed Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott, will allow nurse practitioners and physician's assistants to issue seven-day prescriptions for drugs like hormone and pain medication.
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Bears were a threatened species until 2012, when population was thought to be around 3,000. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will determine their endangered species status.
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Lawmakers have cited rape in particular as a justification for allowing students to carry concealed weapons.
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This is the key finding of the story: that rape is twice as likely to occur in the surrounding city as on the main campus.
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Florida black bears have emerged as a topic of contention as of late because of 2015's hunt, which killed 304 of the animals.
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Lauren Poe won Gainesville's mayoral race on Tuesday, defeating current mayor Ed Braddy and Donald Shepherd Sr.
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Florida is the only state that does not allow nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances and one of two states that does not permit physician's assistants the same privilege. A bill in the Florida legislature granting health professionals these prescribing privileges has stalled.
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Nurse practitioners could soon gain the ability to prescribe medications with a bill moving through the Florida Legislature. Patients could see shorter wait times and fewer trips to the doctor.
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Donald Eugene Shepherd, a candidate for City of Gainesville mayor, was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of grand theft auto.
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Clifton Rae Baxter is accused of stabbing and killing Dockens, 60, outside of the Bank of America at 1116 University Ave. on Oct. 26, 2012.