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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will ease decades-old regulations on the hours that 16- and 17-year-old Floridians can work.

A Florida House panel supported providing reprieves from a 2023 law that requires local elected officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances.

The Alachua County School Board presented a draft of itsnew LGBTQ guide to about 40 people Tuesday, with several public commenters pushing for safer…

A voter petition to legalize recreational marijuana in the state appears to have more than the required signatures to be placed on the 2024 ballot.

Nearly two years after a man was shot and killed at a car wash in Gainesville, a six-person jury on Monday night convicted Eugene Javon Patrick of…

Patricia Garibaldi is accused of cruelty toward animals — her 15 cats — which were found living in “deplorable” conditions in her home: debris stacked to the ceiling, roaches in the cats’ food and water bowls, feces and urine on every surface. The decision, which will be made by Judge Meshon Rawls, was postponed until March 6.

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The Gainesville City Commission passed an amendment Tuesday that allows people convicted of sexual offenses involving children under age 16 to live closer…

Misconduct charges were sustained against five Gainesville police officers. Community members say it won’t change a problematic culture.

In Florida's effort to better protect school campuses, students themselves are being more closely policed.