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Susan WashingtonOctober 13, 2017

By the time the sun set in Gainesville, Monday, Oct. 2, conflicting news reports had announced, alternately, Tom Petty’s death and his ongoing struggle to survive at a hospital in Los Angeles. It was nearly midnight when the legendary rock star — born in Gainesville October 20, 1950 — died, at 8:40 Pacific Standard Time, […]

Susan WashingtonOctober 12, 2017

Fall is usually a busy time of year in college towns, but during the ongoing fall semester at the University of Florida, the City of Gainesville — the seat of otherwise-rural Alachua County — has been shaken. First, it was stormy weather from Hurricane Irma, which interrupted electrical service for several days in September, followed […]

Staff ReportsOctober 3, 2017

Consumer sentiment among Floridians dropped six-tenths of a point in September to 95.5 from a revised figure of 96.1 in August. Similarly, the University of Michigan’s nationwide consumer sentiment index decreased slightly in September. Of the five components that make up the index, three decreased and two increased. Perceptions of one’s personal financial situation now […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerSeptember 4, 2017

Florida universities are taking the first steps toward expanding the use of electronic textbooks and other material, hoping to bring significant savings to students who spend hundreds of dollars each semester on traditional textbooks. The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the university system, approved a 2018-19 budget request this week that includes a $656,000 […]

Associated PressSeptember 1, 2017

University of Florida says it is not permanently barring a group headed by white nationalist Richard Spencer from speaking at its campus. The top attorney for UF made the statement in a letter she sent Friday to a Gainesville attorney representing the National Policy Institute and Spencer. Amy Haas said the university will try to […]

Associated PressAugust 16, 2017

The University of Florida on Wednesday denied a request by a group headed by white nationalist Richard Spencer to rent space on the campus for a September event and his supporters vowed to file a court challenge. UF President W. Kent Fuchs said in a statement that the decision was made after assessing risks to […]

Peter SchorschJune 29, 2017

As Democrats speak out on health care bill, Rubio’s listening tour continues No one is certain when, if ever, the Senate will vote on its current version of the health care bill, but we now know it will be after July 4. The level of opposition to it, measured in decibels, is well known, while […]

Peter SchorschJune 19, 2017

It was a really bad weekend for Florida progressives; not just because the Florida Democratic Party’s Leadership Gala ended in racially-tinged acrimony. Kartik Krishnaiyer, one of Florida’s leading progressive bloggers and publisher of the award-winning Florida Squeeze website, wrote Friday he was “stepping away from covering party politics or Democratic Party happenings.” At a time […]

Joe ReedyJune 12, 2017

The Florida Legislature’s passage of a bill to enact the state’s constitutional amendment expanding the use of medical marijuana has ended one chapter in the battle over setting up regulations for the nascent industry. But pro-pot supporters say it doesn’t go far enough. Once Gov. Rick Scott signs the bill, the principal backer of getting […]

Scott PowersJune 9, 2017

The budget package deal that gave Gov. Rick Scott the $85 million he wants for a Florida Job Growth Grant Fund also restored cut funding sought by Florida colleges and universities for 17 different projects, including funding for medical marijuana research. The research money, $1.69 million will go to the University of Florida Health Center […]

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Gainesville mourns ‘No. 1 son’ Tom Petty, schedules memorial concert

University of Florida, Gainesville brace for Richard Spencer speech

Florida consumer sentiment continues downward in September

Expansion of e-books could equate to student savings

University of Florida: White nationalists are not permanently barred

Univ. of Florida denies white nationalist event

The Delegation for 6.29.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Kartik Krishnaiyer, one of Florida’s leading progressive bloggers, to take hiatus from political writing

John Morgan plans lawsuit to allow for smoking of medical pot

Medical marijuana research, 16 other higher-ed programs restored in budget deal