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A reporter from our Fresh Take Florida team was in Tallahassee on Friday as Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his state budget. These are the details and reactions you should know.

They include universal background checks for all gun purchases, creating flexibility for the Guardian program and forcing those convicted of domestic violence to surrender their guns.

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office and Gainesville Police Department will be greeting students, parents and teachers when public schools resume tomorrow.…

After being released from prison in January 2016, Rashey "Shay Baby" Garrison took to rap music to escape drug dealing in East Gainesville. Three months later, he was dead.

Bills have passed through both chambers of the legislature allowing medical marijuana patients in Florida to smoke the drug for treatment.

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A bill that could force Florida to address the effects of climate change — mainly sea level rise — is moving through the Florida Senate.

The latest entry in our Untold Florida series explores the history of the trees at Witness Tree Junction in eastern Alachua County near Rochelle.

Alachua County commissioners tomorrow night are discussing an ordinance regarding irresponsible pet owners.

Both public safety topics were on the commission's agenda yesterday.