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Transgender students must now use bathrooms and locker rooms of their gender assigned at birth, not the identity of their choosing.

Representatives from the city of Gainesville and Alachua County will meet Thursday to discuss ownership of a former Regional Transit System facility.

Plans are underway to decide on whether to have a single truck rotating among the county's seven high schools starting this fall.

A recent study in Massachusetts might be adding fuel the biomass plant debate. The six-month study by Massachusetts state environmental officials found…

The court said in its ruling Thursday that it's absurd that a highly skilled lawyer would be paid $164.54 for more than 100 hours of work.

With recently restored time limits on Florida's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, able-bodied adults through the age of 49 without dependents will only receive three months of food assistance unless they meet certain work requirements. Program organizers at Gainesville Community Ministry are concerned fewer people will be able to enroll in General Educational Development programs due to required work obligations.

The city now doesn't fund the center except for its cold-night shelter — which allows up 95 people to stay during nights below 45 degrees and receive blankets and a hot breakfast — and the county has made cuts, too.

Nicolle Shalley, Gainesville city attorney, said the city was "blindsighted by the county's actions."

A historic 1925 dilapidated home in Gainesville will be razed to make way for a new 110-unit apartment building near Innovation Square.

Supporters of The Jam showed up in force at a City Plan Board meeting to make one final attempt to save their beloved venue. Despite opposition from the audience, the board approved modifications to the developer's permit to go forth with the apartment complex on Southwest 8th Avenue and Southwest 1st Avenue.