Tag: Alachua County

School ‘Calming Rooms’ Aim to Help Students Cope with Stress

Some school districts grappling with how to help students better manage stress are adding “calming rooms,” where children can stretch, do arts and crafts, listen to soothing music, and more. The trend is a response to multiple studies showing an uptick in anxiety and depression among teens and young adults, apparently triggered by pandemic lockdowns,…


Blue County Blunders Left GOP Voters in Central Florida County Without Ballots, Calling for Investigation

LAKELAND, Fla.—The Alachua County School Board in 2020-21 tangled with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly during a bitter battle that pit local school board autonomy against the state’s preemptive authority in managing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the Broward County School Board, it was one of two Florida school boards where members’ salaries…


Voter Fraud Cases Stemming From Jailhouse Voter Registration Drive in Florida

Nine Florida sex offenders face potential voter fraud charges stemming from a voter registration drive held at the Alachua County jail in 2020. Darry Lloyd, public information officer for the Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, told The Epoch Times the latest nine cases were referred by Kim Barton, a Democrat who holds the position…


Voter Fraud Cases Stem From Jailhouse Voter Registration Drive in Florida

Nine Florida sex offenders face potential voter fraud charges stemming from a voter registration drive held at the Alachua County jail in 2020. Darry Lloyd, public information officer for the Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, told The Epoch Times the latest nine cases were referred by Kim Barton, a Democrat who holds the position…