Ballot question deals with labor
This election season, students have been sweating about executives, Senate seats and the Reitz Union fee, but there’s another important question on the ballot: Should UF support sweatshop labor?
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This election season, students have been sweating about executives, Senate seats and the Reitz Union fee, but there’s another important question on the ballot: Should UF support sweatshop labor?
In the last debate before the Student Government election, both parties agreed that UF’s Asian-American students deserve more attention.
UF President Bernie Machen had an important message for the Board of Trustees Friday: Prepare for cuts.
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During a visit to UF Friday, Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson had some critical words for his party.
When Atlantic Southeast Airlines set out to collect 3,500 shoes for victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the company didn’t know the Gainesville branch alone would come close to meeting the goal.
The Alachua County Commission sent a delegation to Washington, D.C., this week to ask the county’s elected officials to support a cleanup of a local environmental nightmare.
After a difficult year and the end of a turbulent decade, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address evoked opinions from both sides of the political spectrum.
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More than 100 people attended a city commission meeting Monday night to discuss limits on providing meals and shelter to the homeless.
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Today marks President Obama’s first year in office, and UF political groups have differing views on how his term is going.
Low-income homeowners in Gainesville may be eligible for federal grant money to help make their homes more energy efficient.
Florida’s 2010 Senate race has been generating headlines since Gov. Charlie Crist announced his candidacy last spring.
The Florida Senate passed legislation Tuesday to create SunRail, a $1.2 billion commuter-rail system in Central Florida.