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Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 6:41 PM EST
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A home-grown Gainesville business specializes in helping other companies grow.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 1:21 PM EST
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This comes after UF was named the #5 public university in the nation.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 11:13 PM EST
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Discussing sexual and gender identity in classrooms could soon be banned if a North Central Florida State Representative’s bill becomes law.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 6:27 PM EST
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The Alachua County Public Schools district has a new platform for people to interact with school officials.
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Columbia County Report: Preview of United Way non-profit summit and FGC brings back softball program
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:36 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
Florida Gateway College is relaunching it's softball program and the United Way of Suwannee Valley shares information on a nonprofit summit.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 5:55 PM EST
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The next University of Florida president could be chosen partially outside of the public eye.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 6:22 PM EST
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The "Beyond the Arc" campaign donates $25 to the Education Foundation of Alachua County for every 3-pointer made by players on both teams.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 6:03 PM EST
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Few Florida school districts test for lead in their school’s drinking water. Some because they fear funds won’t be available to fix problems, but now Democrats in the state legislature say there is no need to test schools.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 5:09 PM EST
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Flashcards are a time-tested learning tool. One start-up aims to build a better way to study and you can get paid.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 4:58 PM EST
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McGraw claims she is not at fault for the mistake and the Governor does not have the authority to remove her without a trial.
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Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM EST
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Administrators with Marion County Public Schools are trying to pick up some bus drivers in a second hiring event.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 4:08 PM EST
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The money comes from the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections as part of an initiative by the Florida supervisors of elections.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 6:15 PM EST
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Governor Ron DeSantis used the word freedom more than a half dozen times, comparing Florida to other states during his state of the state address.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 10:39 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
Read more for a breakdown of staff and student positives from Alachua, Columbia, Levy, and Marion Counties
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 10:57 PM EST
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On Friday, U.S District Judge Mark Walker heard arguments on a motion to block UF’s conflict of interest policy.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 7:42 PM EST
|By Dylan Lyons
State graduation rates for the 2020-2021 school year are in and one North Central Florida school districts rank among the top.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 6:09 PM EST
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The Education Foundation offers more than $200,000 in scholarships for Alachua County seniors.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 5:50 PM EST
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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker denied the University of Florida’s request to dismiss the lawsuit claiming the first amendment freedoms of professors were violated by its conflict of interest policy.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 10:46 PM EST
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Potentially groundbreaking cancer research at University of Florida Health Shands is getting $2.5M dollars in funding.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 5:44 PM EST
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A Columbia High School teacher is behind bars on domestic violence charges.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST
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Great Leaps has taught more than 600,000 students across the world since 1991.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 at 6:10 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
In a letter sent Sunday, UFF-UF President Paul Ortiz asked UF President Kent Fuchs to begin classes for the spring semester online
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 4:44 PM EST
|By Ruelle Fludd
President Biden extended federal student loan payments until May 1, 2022.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 11:11 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
Weston White walked for his sister Mariel, who died of a rare vascular condition earlier in December
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 5:47 PM EST
|By Camille Syed
Alachua and Marion County Public School officials kept an eye out after threats of bombings and school shootings circulated nationwide.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 5:23 PM EST
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Middle and high school students interested in a cash scholarship in honor of Stephan Mickle have until Wednesday night to enter their essay submissions.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 6:18 PM EST
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The Florida Department of Education is releasing money withheld from school district administrators who violated the state’s ban on mask mandates.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 5:53 PM EST
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Text messages show UF President Kent Fuchs asking UF Board of Trustees Chair Mori Hosseini for any changes needed to an address in August about opening back up campus in the fall.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 11:41 PM EST
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Marion County Public Schools officials announced their finalists for Teacher of the Year.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 11:39 PM EST
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Alachua County Public School officials are naming their principal and assistant principal of the year.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 10:40 PM EST
|By Ruelle Fludd
Nearly 350 family-based housing units will be destroyed at the University of Florida for graduate students.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 8:50 PM EST
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Democratic gubernatorial candidates are criticizing the university after allegations faculty were pressured to destroy COVID-19 data.
Updated: Dec. 4, 2021 at 12:47 AM EST
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University of Florida Health researcher Dr. David Ostrov mapped the numerous mutations of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and found changes that make it more transmissible.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 12:21 AM EST
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The University of Florida is facing new accusations that they limited the academic freedom of professors this time over “critical race theory”.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 10:54 PM EST
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The money is designed to be used to say thank you to staff in the form of staff appreciation or holiday parties to take place by the end of the school year.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 10:42 PM EST
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The money is meant to help deal with the impact that COVID-19 has had on the learning process for students.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 5:32 PM EST
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Officials with Marion County Public Schools are asking for input on how to spend more than $100M in pandemic relief funding.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2021 at 10:52 PM EST
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Money withheld from Alachua County Public Schools will be released to the district according to an ACPS spokesperson.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
While they have dropped out of suing the state against the vaccine mandate ban, ACPS is turning the the push to vaccinate young school age children by offering vaccines in elementary schools starting on Dec. 7.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 6:13 PM EST
|By Julia Laude
As part of this new legislation, it prohibits government agencies and educational institutions to mandate masks, or mandate that their employees and students get the COVID vaccine.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 6:39 PM EST
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House Bill 3 B removes from public records the names of employees who complain to the Attorney General about their employer’s vaccine requirements.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 10:13 AM EST
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Over two thousand parental opt out forms have been received by Alachua County Public Schools since the district began allowing parental choice on Nov. 12.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST
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Florida lawmakers began their special legislative session called to push back on national vaccine mandates and protect workers from losing their jobs on Monday.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2021 at 6:29 PM EST
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While the majority of debate in the state Capitol during the special session on vaccine mandates will be focused on policy, some of the proposals also come with a price tag.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST
|By Julia Laude
The event is a way for families to get involved and build relationships within the community.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 5:13 PM EST
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Comments will not be allowed on Facebook, but will be able to be made on Instagram and Twitter.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 7:08 AM EST
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They want an outside group to investigate the university’s conflict of interest policy.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 8:59 PM EST
|By Ruelle Fludd
Alachua County School board members voted 3-2 to change their mask mandate, allowing parental opt-out.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:40 PM EST
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Alachua County School Board members voted to comply with the state’s ban on mask mandates by allowing parents to opt their children out of wearing masks in school.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 4:44 PM EST
|By Julia Laude
This is the 18 VyStar Credit Union branch to be opened at a Florida high school. It’s the first of it’s kind to be opened in Marion County.