Finding Local Opportunities

DeSantis urged to help farmers on trade deal, The Gainesville Sun

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-       In this article, the writer is narrating some issues that are happening between Florida farmers, and NAFTA. Due to regulations that NAFTA has of the farmers’ crops, local farmers are not able to beat their competition in Mexico, making them less profitable. Local farmers are hoping that Incoming Gov. Ron DeSantis joins their fight by spreading the word about this issue and having a conversation with the president about it.

-       The problem is that the farmers believe that their duty is to provide and distribute their products in the United States, but these regulations by the NAFTA are limiting them and letting their competition win.

-       The people who are affected the most by this issue are the Florida local farmers.

Government shutdown has limited impact on area, The Gainesville Sun

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-       Due to the government shutdown, a University of Florida professor Robert Ferl had to put on hold his projects in his UF Space Plants Lab. He was in the middle of a project that relied on the funding from NASA, but because of the government shutdown NASA wasn’t able to send the funds, causing his project, and other ongoing projects to shut down.

-       The problem is that because of the government shutdown, many research projects have been paused, causing them to get backed down.

-       The people affected by this issue are the professors and researchers with ongoing projects.

SF students shut out due to shutdown, The Gainesville Sun

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-       According to this story, many Santa Fe students have been affected by the shutdown, because they have not been able to receive their taxes information, making them unable to receive financial aid. Even though the Department of Education is still up and running, some related agencies like the IRS seem to be short-staffed, making the process of sending tax information way longer.  The faculty has identified at least 6 students who have been affected, but there could potentially be more.

-       The problem is that because students cannot receive their tax information, they cannot apply for or receive financial aid.

-       Students who rely on financial aid to pay or their tuition are the ones being affected by this problem.

Seven die in fiery crash on I-75 between Alachua, Gainesville, The Gainesville Sun

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-       When reading through different issues, accidents on I-75 were the ones that appeared the most so I decided to include one of them. In this one, it describes how a family who was driving a van full of children on their way to Disney World, was impacted by a diesel truck. Because of the impact, the diesel truck spilled, causing the start of a fire who killed 7 people. Later on, they discovered that the truck driver did had many traffic tickets on his record.

-       The problem is that people are not driving safely when traveling through I-75, causing multiple accidents that could be fatal

-       The people who are affected by this problem are people who regularly take the I-75 highway to get to their destination.

Gainesville, county seek options to end homeless encampment, The Gainesville Sun

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-       City officials in Gainesville have been trying to keep the promise they made 10 years ago to end homelessness. But as the years pass by, they have not been as successful as they wanted. Even though there are some shelters throughout the city, including Dignity Village which can accommodate more than 100 people, it is still not enough to end homelessness.

-       The problem is that homeless people are not able to find a shelter to spend their nights, due to the fact that there is not enough space for them, forcing them to sleep outside in the cold or hot weather.

-       The people that are affected by this problem are the homeless.