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Voting from home: how to successfully fill out a mail-in ballot
By Alan Halaly | Oct. 18, 2020A guide to ensuring a mail-in ballot is received and counted in Alachua County
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Ballot initiative could mean millions for Alachua County Public Schools
By Sophie Feinberg | Oct. 18, 2020Residents have voted for the One Mill initiative every four years since 2008
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Alachua County libraries now offering browsing hours
By Rayon Uddin | Oct. 5, 2020Five branches are now offering browsing hours, but all branches continue to offer curbside services
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A Nov. 3 election ballot measure could change how Florida holds primary elections
By Steven Walker | Sep. 24, 2020The state could head toward an open-primary system by Jan. 2024
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County commission approves budget during COVID-19-packed agenda
By Diane Hernandez and Sophie Feinberg | Sep. 23, 2020County Commissioners voted to increase the county’s budget by $15 million
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The deadline to register to vote in Alachua County is Oct. 5. Here is what you need to know:
By Steven Walker | Sep. 22, 2020About 186,000 people are registered to vote in Alachua County as of Sept. 18. Here’s how to be one of them before the deadline
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How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Alachua County’s farmers
By Asta Hemenway | Sep. 4, 2020Producers have witnessed a decline of about $50 billion in the value of their products nationwide
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Looking east: high hopes for the progress of East Gainesville
By Edysmar Diaz-Cruz | Sep. 2, 2020Despite stunted economic growth, East Gainesville teems with opportunity
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Students struggle to break free from Fall off-campus housing contracts
By Ariana Aspuru | Aug. 23, 2020Many students have been forced to keep their leases for the Fall despite a majority of classes being held online.
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Adam Christensen and Kat Cammack win the nominations to run for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District seat
By Aurora Martínez and Micayla Richardson | Aug. 19, 2020“We are going to go toe-to-toe with AOC,” said Kat Cammack after she won.
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Clovis Watson Jr. wins Alachua County sheriff primary
By Sarah Mandile | Aug. 18, 2020Watson got 59.31 percent of the vote
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Yvonne Hayes Hinson wins the Florida House of Representatives District 20 seat
By Micayla Richardson and Aurora Martínez | Aug. 18, 2020This race was a universal primary so the pick is final
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Who are the Florida House of Representatives District 20 candidates?
By Aurora Martínez | Aug. 13, 2020Get to know the candidates running for the State House, District 20
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Meet the Alachua County Commission Candidates
By Tristan Wood | Aug. 9, 2020Democratic candidates are vying for the District 1 and District 3 Alachua County Commission seats
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Meet the Alachua County Sheriff candidates
By Avery Lotz | Aug. 9, 2020Two Democratic candidates are going head-to-head to be Alachua County’s next sheriff
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Florida's District 3 candidates on police reform
By Aurora Martínez | Aug. 1, 2020As local and national elections draw nearer, polls show that candidates' stance on police reform is becoming a key issue for voters
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Health experts to weigh in on county, school district decisions
By Alan Halaly | July 30, 2020The committee was formed about five months after the pandemic reached Alachua County
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'I could have kissed the floor': Alachua County residents react to libraries' gradual reopening
By Noah Ram | July 25, 2020Alachua County Libraries reopened for computer and copier use by appointment only after having been closed since March 15
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Fentanyl-laced drug overdoses in Alachua County almost doubled since March
By Sarah Mandile | July 25, 2020ACSO discovered fentanyl-laced pills were circulating throughout the county during undercover drug operations
