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Op-ed: Asked how many felons have had their voting rights restored since he took office, Florida's Attorney General talked about guns instead James Uthmeier at Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on April 17, 2026. On Nov. 6, 2018, over 5 million voters in Florida celebrated the passing of

Not AI…our rainbow bricks return May 8th!

I got a sneak peek at the installation of our historic and beloved rainbow bricks that the state of Florida forced us and many cities to remove last fall. It’s not been a secret, but it has been a work in progress the past several months.

We were already working on refreshing the City Hall Plaza, but when the state government blackmailed us into removing the crosswalks I and other Commissioners knew we needed to keep this part of our community’s history alive. Responding to community feed back, I advocated with the City staff to reuse the brick somehow and to mark the history of the crosswalks.  Eventually, what came to the Commission was a plan to incorporate the bricks into a portion of the Plaza and install a historic marker, as well as ceremonially renaming part of 1st Street for the community leader who made the crosswalk possible years ago, Terry Fleming.

The Commission voted unanimously that smack dab in front of City Hall was the appropriate place to preserve this part of Gainesville’s history.

Watch for details about our ribbon cutting on May 8th.

Tallahassee can try to bully us and try to get us to turn on our neighbors, but Gainesville won’t back down!

DeSantis signs Florida bill allowing state to label groups as ‘domestic terrorist organizations’ Gov. Ron DeSantis signing HB 1471 in Tampa on April 6, 2026. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill allowing the state to designate groups as “domestic

Trump ousts Pam Bondi as attorney general Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, has been a long-standing Trump loyalist.

‘No Kings’ protests planned nationwide Saturday, including North Central Florida More than 3,100 “No Kings” events are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states, including nine planned protests in North Central Florida this Saturday

Federal court preserves UF faculty right to appeal workplace disputes A federal judge blocked a Florida law, allowing UF faculty to keep arbitration rights and appeal workplace disputes after a lawsuit by the faculty union.

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do. The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Judge orders slavery exhibit to be restored after Trump administration removal A GOP-appointed federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to restore displays about slavery to a George Washington site in Philadelphia.

Opinion | ICE’s Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants (Gift Article) The nationwide nativist dragnet has a long list of targets.

The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”