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Lorraine Rawls grew up in Alachua County and has performed her civic duty since she turned 18. The 43-year-old Gainesville resident and mother has found her experience voting to be easy, but she also recognizes the common problems people face when voting.
Gainesville, along with the rest of the nation, anxiously anticipates the potential of a choice between two candidates they’ve already seen clash for the presidency four years ago.
A physical education teacher and coach at St. Patrick Interparish School in Gainesville was arrested Thursday for allegedly molesting several middle school girls.
A Gainesville man surrendered to officers early Friday morning after allegedly killing a former UF student driving a scooter and fleeing the scene.
Arnold Schweiner began welding at 19 years old.
Muchas dificultades vienen con los procesos legales para inmigrantes, más aún si su primer idioma no es inglés. Esto afecta aún más a los migrantes Latinos e Hispanos, quienes conforman una taza de 12% de la población total en Gainesville de acuerdo con el U.S. Census Bureau 2023.
When Robert Pearce bought his home in Gainesville’s Stephen Foster neighborhood, he didn’t know he was moving next door to a hazardous waste site. The 71-year-old resident began investigating what he’d heard about nearby contamination after moving into his home in 2008.
Many difficulties come with immigration legal processes, even more so when an immigrant's first language is not English. This especially rings true for Latino and Hispanic migrants, who comprise around 12% of the total population in Gainesville, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2023.
The bedrock of America’s criminal justice system is the right to be tried by a jury of one’s peers.
Over the course of the past few weeks, it became obvious to anyone paying attention that the national crisis in chronic homelessness was manifesting itself in a couple of new tent camps, including one downtown on SE Fourth Place — literally on the street itself.
A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a homeless man at his campsite in Gainesville.
The Gainesville Regional Utility Authority and the Gainesville City Commission met together at city hall Wednesday afternoon to discuss the power district and the Government Services Contribution. This meeting is the first time the two have met since the authority was formed in October 2023.
The dreaded inevitable has finally happened. We have an ever-growing list of book challenges at Eastside High School. School libraries — bastions of diversity, enrichment, inclusion and democracy — are under attack. There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said. I have no words to magically shift the momentum of this legislation. Still, I can no longer remain silent.
Residents of a homeless encampment on Southeast Fourth Place were given about five hours Feb. 20 to vacate a sidewalk they had occupied since December.
Morgan Averette had the gender marker on her driver’s license changed almost three years ago. Now, with a new Florida ban in place, the 32-year-old Gainesville resident is worried for other transgender locals who might not have the same opportunity.
Passionate residents of Newberry refer to the community as having a special charm. Joel Searby, a leader of the Newberry Education First initiative, credits Newberry’s special qualities to the diverse, tight-knit population.
On the outskirts of UF’s campus, ‘Justin’s General Store,’ a code name for the SaferPlaces Lab, blurs the lines between a real store and a shoplifting simulation straight out of a sci-fi movie.
Bella Rootz, a 34-year-old Gainesville artist, moved from Pennsylvania to Village Green at 12 years old with a clear goal: She was going to be an artist.
Jazzlyn Harrell eagerly punched her number into the keypad in her elementary school lunch line over 20 years ago. More satisfying than the lunch she was served, she savored the ‘Happy birthday’ message that lit up on the screen. Unlike her classmates, she would have to wait another four years to see it again.
From its creation this past Fall, Vision Party has made it its mission to ensure the voices of every student are heard. The very foundation of Vision is based on individuals from all backgrounds coming together to tackle the ineffective governance of other parties.
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