Vision Party swept all 50 Student Government on- and off-campus Senate seats after the two-day Fall election. Wednesday’s results mark the first time Vision faced another party at the polls in over a year, having run largely unopposed last cycle.
The competition between brick-and-mortar stores and online sales isn’t new to Americans, but a proposal could put it at the forefront of an unlikely market: gun sales. A proposed rule change by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives could allow people to buy guns without stepping foot in a store. In Alachua County, local gun store owners worry the proposal could threaten public safety and the market.
Ahead of its Saturday afternoon matchup against No. 25 Missouri (3-1), No. 8 Florida (4-0) has released its initial availability report on Wednesday night.
Gainesville Police Department Detective Kelvin Mattair was arrested Monday on charges of disclosure and obstruction of confidential criminal justice information, interception of communications and fraud and abuse of computer access.
Yael Weinfeld was in sixth grade when a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, right across the street from her middle school. Less than a decade later, the 20-year-old UF public relations major was once again within a mile of an automatic rifle.
Florida's minimum wage rose to $15 an hour Wednesday, completing a series of increases Florida voters approved in 2020, when the state minimum was $8.56 an hour.
UF students lined up at polling stations early Wednesday for the second and last day of Student Government elections. By the time polls close this evening, students will have decided which party will define campus policy.
The Alligator’s Florida football beat reporters, Ava DiCecca, Max Bernstein, Curan Ahern and Riley Orovitz, are back to make picks for this week’s seven-game slate.
Green’s appearance came in partnership with the UF Performing Arts department and the Lynx Bookstore, a local woman-owned store Green said Gainesville residents are lucky to have. The event was the seventh of the author’s “Hollywood, Ending” tour to promote the novel released Sept. 22, which Green called a love letter to movies.
A second Alachua City Commission meeting confused residents Monday after the meeting was abruptly cancelled because three commission members, including Mayor Walter Welch, weren’t present.
The state of Florida executed 77-year-old Curtis Wilkie Beasley Sr. at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday by lethal injection. He was convicted of the 1995 murder of Carolyn Monfort.
The Gainesville City Commission passed a motion to eliminate 100-foot buffers around the University Heights Historic Districts North, which stretches north of University Avenue from Northwest Sixth Street to 13th Street, and South, which is located near Normal Hall, during an Aug. 27 meeting.
Condon is a four-star power forward who sported offers from programs across the country ahead of his announcement to Florida. He is set to graduate from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. later this year and will make the trip south to Gainesville.
With 15 kills and a service ace, senior outside hitter Kamryn Chaney stood behind a .542 hitting percentage and notched 16 points against Oklahoma — the most of any player in the match.
On Tuesday, Judge George M. Wright of Florida’s Eighth Judicial Circuit ruled in favor of Aberdeen, granting the fight year a temporary injunction in his lawsuit against the NCAA.
After attending Littlewood Elementary School for years, Quantisha Campbell’s 10-year-old boy is starting the academic year at home after being unenrolled following the district’s rezoning.
Local candidates shared their views, priorities and plans for office during a midterm forum hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service Sunday.
Sweeney’s ad in no way showcases what it’s like to be a female athlete, who spends years training, competing and pushing her body to its limit for a chance at victory. But Novig’s ad only represents a hypersexualized actress standing provocatively in a sports-related environment. As much as the ad’s catchphrase says otherwise, sports aren’t the main focus — Sweeney’s body is.
From Sept. 19-27, the Gators competed at the ITA All-Americans Championships in Cary, North Carolina, marking the first tournament of the fall season for the athletes.
UF students lined up at polling stations early Tuesday to cast their ballots and shape the future of campus life, selecting — or, in many races, simply affirming — the next cohort of on- and off-campus representatives to fill Student Government’s senate chamber.
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