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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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METRO  |  POLITICS

Has Kat Cammack delivered on campaign promises?

By Heather Bushman | Nov. 6, 2022

The Republican incumbent, who now seeks reelection as the representative for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House, often voted with her Republican colleagues in her first term but broke away in notable moments. The Alligator looked into some of Cammack’s most notable legislative moments before she faces Democratic challenger Danielle Hawk in the Nov. 8 election. 

A Clothesline project display located in the Gainesville Chamber of Commercefeatures a shirt created by a domestic abuse survivor and an infographic that explains how to get help Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month highlights education on abuse in Gainesville

By Alexa Herrera | Oct. 31, 2022

During the month, the organization held multiple events to promote awareness, including a guest chef cocktail party Oct. 6, which is an annual fundraiser. During the event hosted at Oak Lane Wedding and Events, guests tried food from different vendors and could bid on items in a silent auction. The event raised the organization’s goal of $100,000 to help fund the services Peaceful Paths offers.

The loan forgiveness plan will reduce or erase the debt of up to 43 million Americans, including select UF graduates, if the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t block it.
METRO  |  POLITICS

Biden’s student loan relief plan temporarily blocked

By Heather Bushman | Oct. 22, 2022

The court temporarily halted the forgiveness plan, which would see some federal student loan borrowers receive up to $20,000 in relief, to consider a lawsuit that challenged the plan’s constitutionality. The White House can still review applications while the ban is in effect, and borrowers are still encouraged to apply. 

Nine members of the UF wildlife ecology and conservation department’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Committee wrote a letter criticizing the guidelines and called upon the UF community to advocate for transgender healthcare access for children.
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‘It’s hard to exist’: Transgender community grapples with ban on gender-affirming health care Medicaid coverage

By Melanie Pena | Oct. 17, 2022

Many transgender Floridians are being impacted by the Agency for Health Care Administration’s ban on gender-affirming care coverage, which went into effect Aug. 21. A motion for a preliminary injunction was heard and denied by a judge Oct. 12. The preliminary injunction would’ve temporarily blocked enforcement of the AHCA’s Medicaid policy during the trial. 

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