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Gainesville Is The City Affected The Most By Poverty In Florida, Analysis Reports

https://www.wuft.org/news/2019/08/19/gainesville-is-the-city-affected-the-most-by-poverty-in-florida-analysis-reports/

• This story by NPR, local station WUFT talks about the extreme poverty levels in Gainesville, Florida. The poverty rate is 30% which is the highest mark in the state of Florida.
• The problem being described in this article is the high levels of poverty in Gainesville. The US Census Bureau reported 36,403 Gainesville residents sat below the poverty line being $25,465 for a household of four, with the median income being only $34,226 
• This problem faces Charles Harris, CEO of Central Florida Community Action Agency which is an organization faced with trying to find ways to lower the poverty rate and improve overall quality of life. City Counsel is also faced with this problem because they are tasked with creating a plan to decrease poverty such as affordable housing plans mentioned in the article.

The Day 'the earth shifted': Man whose home was sheared in half by sinkhole waits and worries
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/01/30/florida-sinkhole-tallahassee-mobile-home-swallowed-hole-crater-capital-circle/2855305001/

• This story by the Tallahassee Democrat talks about the progression of a sinkhole that became worse until it took people's homes victim.
• The problem presented in this story is the destruction of property due to natural disaster and the displacement of people. 
• This problem faces multiple people including the home owners displaced by the disaster who lost their property and belongings, city planners who need to adapt their building location and techniques to prevent these disasters from effecting people. 

Florida black lawmakers want answers in fatal police shooting of former FAMU student in Jacksonville 
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/01/30/florida-legislative-black-caucus-questions-shooting-former-famu-student/4619273002/

• This piece from the Tallahassee Democrat is telling the story of parents who lost their son to a fatal gun shot incident with the police and are urging lawmakers to find answers. 
• The problem in this story is the unjust death of former FAMU student Jamee Johnson. 
• This problem faces a multitude of people, biggest of them all being the parents of the man who was killed by the police. This problem also faces the the FAMU community, the Florida State Government, and the Jacksonville Police as they all search for answers on what happened.

Troubled UCF frat suspended through the end of 2020
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ne-sigma-chi-suspended-20200130-3wvfu65h65at3jvqexyxe37xvq-story.html

• This story discusses the reasoning and terms of UCF's Sigma Chi Fraternity. 
• The problem in this story is the UCF's Sigma Chi not abiding by university policy causing them to get suspended. 
• This problem faces both the University of Central Florida and the Sigma Chi fraternity. UCF is faced with this problem because it effects their image and they have to discipline the fraternity. This effects Sigma Chi because they now are suspended from participating in all campus and school sponsored events.

Coronavirus: Wash your hands, cover your cough -- and don't panic 
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-coronavirus-precautions-20200130-2vvz2wdr2vfajg3ba5rj74iofu-story.html

• This story is about the spreading of Coronavirus throughout the United States. 
• The problem presented in this story is the spreading of Coronavirus throughout the US, including the first human-to-human transmission recorded in the US.
• This problem effects everybody in the US. With a disease that spreads so easily, everyone is at risk because one person can start an outbreak.