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Procedures Represent Gainesville’s First Use of New Technology  Gainesville, FL – North Florida Regional Medical Center (NFRMC) of Gainesville, an HCA affiliate, announced recently it is the first hospital in the Gainesville area to perform robotic assisted surgery using the newest da Vinci Xi® system.  The new system offers three dimensional high definition visualization and...

For tax year 2016, the Internal Revenue Service has announced  their annual inflation adjustments for more than 50 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2016 of greatest interest Alachua County Business business community include: For tax year 2016, the 39.6 percent tax rate affects...

Gainesville, Florida – The 4A’s PAC for the African American Accountability Alliance, Inc. (4As) is pleased to announce that it will host its Elected Officials Accountability Town Hall Form on Monday, November 9th, 6:00 p.m.  The Accountability Forum will be held at the John Henry Thomas Auditorium inside the Alachua County Health Department located at...

64-bed complex is located three blocks from the University of Florida’s campus. An affiliate of Quad Equities, a Florida and New York-based real estate investment company, has acquired a 64-bed student-oriented apartment complex located at 1740 NW 3rd Place in Gainesville, Florida, three blocks from the University of Florida’s campus. Jariel Bortnick, the founder and...

By: Ron Wayne If you build it, they will come. That’s the idea behind Innovation Square, created by the University of Florida on the former site of the Alachua General Hospital between UF and downtown Gainesville. University and city leaders hope this field of dreams becomes a thriving community where researchers can work, live and...

GRU General Manager Ed Bielarski announces appointments to GRU’s executive management team Justin Locke, Chief Financial Officer Justin Locke has worked in public utilities for more than 20 years, including most recently as Vice President of Finance at CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas. He also served as CFO of both the Guadalupe Valley Electric...

The University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been awarded $17.5 million to continue to pave the way for a swifter and more collaborative journey from research to improved health in the nation’s third largest state. Florida State University joins UF as a community research partner on the four-year award, which is funded...

Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of articles about practical elements of business and the law. As will be discussed, business formations, operations, and transactions intersect with the law many times and in many ways. Before I begin with an outline of the topics to be addressed over time, I am going to...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Effective Friday, Oct. 2, access to city services at City Hall and Thomas Center B will expand with Friday. Core hours for city administrative services will continue to be Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Services available at City Hall include, but are not limited to, filling out employment applications or submitting related...

With roughly 20% of the population suffering from a mental illness, its presence in the workplace (and in our personal lives)  is assured.  Mental illnesses and substance use disorders can have a lasting effect on workers, the workplace, and on your company’s bottom line. Address them and you can improve the retention and mental wellness...