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Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel to speak at UF

Award-winning author Elie Wiesel will speak at the Phillips Center on March 12 as part of Jewish Awareness Month at the University of Florida.

Early voters wait to enter the Millhopper Branch Library in Gainesville, Fla., on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. On their ballots is a controversial amendment about citizenship and voting. (Emily Felts/Fresh Take Florida)

Ballot Measure To Limit Voting To 'Only A Citizen' Would Have No Real Effect In Florida

The amendments in Florida and Alabama would have no meaningful effect on voting rights, although in Colorado it may override an existing law that allows 17-year-olds to vote.

How WUFT Is Covering The 2020 General Election

Learn how WUFT plans to cover the Nov. 3 election.

UF Students Defy Mask-Wearing Mandate Off Campus: ‘We’re A Very Low-Risk Group’

Business owners say they’re left in a dilemma, based on the governor’s order.

Kelly Castro, 27, an administrative assistant for the Alachua County Chamber of Commerce, casts her mail-in-ballot at the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections building on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. If ballot envelopes are unsigned, officials cannot accept and count them. (Emily Felts/Fresh Take Florida)

Meet The Elderly Republican Voter Whose Ballots Florida Rejected More Than Anyone’s

Ten times, Edward Palkovic's votes didn’t count.

Reina Saco speaks in a recent commission meeting, just days away from the expiration of the local government zoom exemption. She said she is unhappy about DeSantis’ decision to not extend the order. (Christopher Cann/WUFT News)

Florida Government Officials Are Resuming In-Person Meetings

Gainesville City Commissioner Reina Saco said the forced return of local government officials and employees is wrong.

Paynes Prairie at sunset just south of Gainesville. It's one of the state's ecosystems that could be threatened by climate change and, in fact, changed dramatically as a result of Hurricane Irma flooding in 2017. The storm was one of the state's most powerful storms on record in recent decades. (Amalie Bethune/WUFT News)

Climate Change Resource From UF IFAS Focuses On The Facts

The words climate change can appear vague or political, but the IFAS FAQ aims to show that this is an important issue facing Floridians.

Burton is currently facing state criminal charges in Alachua County’s Eighth Circuit Court. But he is also facing federal charges are a result of Gainesville’s recent Gun Violence Initiative. (Nicole Rodriguez/WUFT News)

Federal And State Law Enforcement Seek To Reduce Gun Crime In Alachua County Through Gainesville’s Gun Violence Initiative

Gainesville’s initiative, established in April 2019, brought in the federal government to create a partnership between local, state and federal law enforcement to reduce gun violence in the area.

Nov. 2, 2020: Afternoon News In 90

Elisabell Velazquez produced this update.

Nov. 4, 2020: Morning News In 90

Kansas elected the state's first transgender legislator. That and more in 90 seconds.

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