The House State Affairs Committee approved Representative Chuck Clemons' bill giving the state of Florida control of Gainesville Regional Utilities on Wednesday. GRU is in significant debt. According ...
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority unanimously passed three resolutions Wednesday that will allow it to hire its own attorney, request to exempt itself from right-of-way regulations and ...
A controversial bill that aims to take away an all-Democrat City Commission's control of the local municipal utility made its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk Wednesday morning. The governor has until ...
In its Thursday meeting, the Gainesville City Commission unanimously approved an updated ordinance that will place a referendum on the November 5 general election ballot to determine the source of GRU ...
A new book released by the former leader of Gainesville Regional Utilities offers readers a first-hand account of the internal drama at City Hall. The book, titled “The City That Lost Control," was ...
About 20 people gathered under umbrellas outside the Gainesville Regional Utility headquarters Monday afternoon with signs reading, “Vote yes for local public utilities.” Attendees rallied to support ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Near the beginning of their April 3 meeting, the GRU Authority voted unanimously to appeal yesterday’s ruling that the City has the right to disband the Authority with a ballot ...
The Gainesville City Commission’s claim of wide support for control of the utility is false. In a highly promoted special referendum supported by a political party and a private PAC (political action ...
City of Gainesville residents for the second time in a year voted decisively on Nov. 4 to remove the article of the city's charter that created the GRU Authority, effectively dissolving the ...