Women for Wise Growth held a public forum Wednesday evening and questioned Gainesville City Commission candidates on their ideas for energy conservation, development in East Gainesville and homelessness.
To Armando Grundy, taking care of his southwest Gainesville voting district means not spending public funds on downtown development projects.
UF students and faculty have given more than $15,000 so far to candidates for the 2008 presidential election, with about 70 percent of the funds going to Democrats.
English professors have gone on to write best-selling novels. Biology professors have cured diseases. But can someone who teaches about government actually run one?
Running a city is not much different from running a business. Both have money to spend, programs to organize and most importantly, people to please.
Occasional lane closures on Southwest 62nd Boulevard could delay traffic, including Regional Transit System bus routes 20 and 21, for the next month.
Public appeal, city knowledge and a love of politics are virtues that boost the chances for local government hopefuls.
As a land-use lawyer, Thomas Hawkins Jr. believes most of Gainesville's problems revolve around growth management.
Gainesville residents were encouraged to spend their long weekend flexing their political muscles at this year's Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday March.
Though his term as UF Student Senate president ended in October, Robert Agrusa is not done with politics.
Florida fish enthusiasts gathered for the 2008 Gainesville Koi Club show at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens on Saturday.
Street-side panhandling in Gainesville has dropped off significantly since it was banned by the Gainesville City Commission in July, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
Gainesville's City Plan Board postponed the decision whether to approve plans for a one-stop center for the homeless in northeast Gainesville on Thursday.
Leaders in the fight for juvenile justice met Thursday morning to present new research about the experiences of girls in Florida's justice system.
The maze of traffic cones and orange netting along Southwest Depot Avenue will continue to close the road off to traffic through Monday, according to Gina Hawkins, City of Gainesville Public Works Department spokeswoman.
Absentee ballots and early voting have given local registered voters the chance to skip the winding lines at bustling poll stations.
Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan began the fourth annual State of the City address Wednesday by thanking the City Commission and the citizens of Gainesville for their passion and teamwork in 2007.
The Gainesville City Commission will meet tonight to discuss plans for a one-stop homeless center in Alachua County.
About 200 registered voters, including a large percentage of college-aged residents, filled an Emerson Alumni Hall auditorium Wednesday night for the Gainesville City Commission Candidates' Forum.
Every time Mark Musselman, a UF engineering senior, huffs and puffs up the 68 steps to his fifth-floor apartment, he can only think of one thing: the elevator.
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