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Gainesville has seen four dog attacks in the last six months. A woman was mauled in one and a Gainesville Police officer had to shoot a dog in another.
Chris Rose opposes the plastic ban and offered other options to the Alachua County Commission during its meeting on Tuesday.
Chris Rose opposes the plastic ban and offered other options to the Alachua County Commission during its meeting on Tuesday.
The Alachua County Commission made a motion to bring a single-use plastic and Styrofoam ban to a public hearing next week.
Six months. Five dog attacks. No action from local government. Yet.
Gainesville knew who was going to win the election.
Whatever happened to television shows like “Little House on the Prairie” and “That’s So Raven”? Shows that are sweet and often have a happy ending. Nowadays, if someone turns on the television, networks are most likely playing some type of provocative show. For example, the first episode of “Enemy of the State” involved at least four murders. All of this led me to think: Is television becoming too violent and sexual?
Ellen Miller’s hot pink fingernails peeked out of her fists as she folded her hands together and searched for the words to describe her situation.
Robocalls were sent across the city this week saying Mayor Lauren Poe and the Gainesville City Commission want to increase GRU rates and debt.
About 300 UF students, Immokalee workers and Gainesville residents marched from Norman Field to Tigert Hall Thursday in an effort to remove Wendy’s restaurant from the Reitz Union.
“We know that freedom has many dimensions. It is the right of the man who tills the land to own the land; the right of the workers to join together to seek better conditions of labor…” These words, spoken by Robert F. Kennedy at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle, the same year Cesar Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association, echo today, leaving reverberations across the United States. Cesar Chavez, who had been protesting for better living conditions for migrant workers in California, encouraged his fellow Americans to boycott the grape industry that underpaid and abused its workers.
The Reitz Union will most likely remain as an early voting location for citywide elections despite social media rumors saying it may cease to continue if turnout numbers are low.
This year’s Gainesville election has seen the lowest first-day turnout in the past three years, despite a new UF early voting location.
The Gainesville City Commission may soon not have the power to ban plastic straws.
On Nov. 8, 2016, I watched my friends and family vote at the polls. I was stuck not doing my part as an American citizen because of my age. I was five months away from turning 18, but it would be five months too late. I vowed to vote in every election after that.
Gainesville residents will be able to vote for mayor, a City Commission seat and a charter amendment starting on March 9. Here's The Alligator's guide to names on your ballot.
The inside of Robert Mounts’ historic log cabin looks like a museum.
Jenn Powell wasn’t thinking about politics four years ago. She wanted to travel the country after raising her three children.
Mayor Lauren Poe first ran for office in sixth grade for student government. He lost.
City Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos used to fix Roomba vacuum cleaners.
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