The Gainesville City Commission selected Nicolle Shalley as the new city attorney.
Commissioners interviewed candidates for the position on June 26 but voted to delay the final decision until Monday.
A new sales tax referendum is creating a rift between the city and county commissions.
A few weeks ago, the Gainesville City Commission passed a resolution discouraging businesses from selling candy-flavored tobacco products in the area.
Gainesville residents might soon be able to buy food from their favorite mobile vendors by the light of day.
The City Commission’s resolution urges vendors around the city to stop selling and marketing flavored tobacco as a way to reduce exposure of the products to children and young adults.
The Gainesville City Commission approved a possible new design for the Gainesville Police Department Headquarters and Physical Training Facility during a meeting Thursday.
The City Commission unanimously approved the design of a new RTS Bus Fleet Maintenance and Operations Facility on Thursday, which will allow for more buses to operate throughout the city.
Members of the City Commission are hesitant to create a petition against proposed budget cuts to UF’s College of Engineering Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Some Gainesville residents are concerned about drivers whizzing through their neighborhoods.
When reserving an outside table for two in Gainesville, your plus one could be your dog.
A new study may be done at the area around the Cabot/Koppers Superfund site that is different from previous studies that measured toxic contamination.
A group of Gainesville residents are suing Gainesville Regional Utilities to get a city power agreement thrown out.
Students may be able to satisfy early morning munchies at downtown food trucks if commissioners change a city law — a move that competing restaurants endorse.
The Gainesville Public Safety Committee decided Wednesday night to recommend the City Commission ban smoking in Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
City officials may crack down on football gameday parking.
Standing like a soldier reporting for duty, Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell waited as the County Commission decided her office would keep control of the county jail.
Gainesville-area residents can learn more about the plight of farmworkers at events put on as part of National Farmworkers Awareness Week.
The city has halted its decision to allow the sale and consumption of alcohol in a downtown parking lot.
A former hotel, once a sanctuary for travelers, may soon be a safe haven for people seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.
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