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Thanks to an amendment to the development code proposed by Alachua County Growth Management, there may soon be more canopy trees in subdivisions. The amendment will permit all trees to be planted eight feet apart between roads and sidewalks, whereas the current code allows small trees to be planted eight feet apart and large trees to be planted 12 feet apart.

A congressional hearing took place today as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder testified about the Flint toxic water crisis. That and more in 90 seconds.

The City Commission of Gainesville moved Thursday to enter into a partnership with the the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry and the local Veteran’s Administration Office. The five-year agreement will focus on creating better housing and services for homeless veterans in Alachua County.

The Tampa City Council passed legislation to decriminalize marijuana. That and more in 90 seconds.

Idylwild Elementary School in Gainesville held a fun run this morning to raise donations and support 9-year-old Kylie Galloway Soto, a fourth-grade student at the school battling a rare form of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Gainesville-based band, Morningbell, plays tonight at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville. Their fourth album, “Sincerely, Severely”…

By the end of February, UF Health Shands Hospital reported 115 cases of the flu, a number that grew to 206 two weeks into March.

Wes Skiles from High Springs was an internationally recognized underwater photographer and explorer. His death on Wednesday has shocked his friends and…

Local teen shot and killed by police after calling 911. That and more in 90 seconds.

Monday night in Lake Butler the Union County Board of Commissioners ruled unanimously against phosphate mining, moving one vote closer to banning it for a year. The final vote to ban mining for one year will be April 18.