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March 8, 2023

FPL rate hikes approved starting in April

Florida Power & Light Co. will increase rates in its northwest territories by 8.3% and in the peninsula by 10.3%.…

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March 8, 2023

City Council members line up behind UF campus in Jacksonville

Thirteen of 19 City Council members have cast votes in committees this week in favor of a new University of…

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March 8, 2023

Jack in the Box could return to Jax

Jack in the Box left Florida in 1980. Now it has signed a deal in Orlando and seeks franchisees in…

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March 7, 2023

Popular e-scooters are spreading in Jacksonville

You’ll soon be able to snag a Bird or Lime scooter across Downtown, Brooklyn, the SouthBank and the Sports and…

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March 7, 2023

Players Championship fan guide: What to know before you go

Here’s the information you need about Players Championship tickets, tee times, parking, food and more.…

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March 7, 2023

Jax Beach residents fight proposal for taller building

Some residents are up in arms over a proposed development (south of the beachfront Latham Plaza park) of a mixed-use…

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March 7, 2023

Vicious Biscuit plans to ‘bring the fun back’ into brunch

Vicious Biscuit, based in Charleston, South Carolina, is opening a restaurant in Neptune Beach, its first in Florida.…

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March 7, 2023

Corner Lot buys Beach Road Fish House property

Corner Lot, a developer based in Jacksonville, paid $1.9 million for the Beach Road Fish House site, which is zoned…

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Rep. Bobby Payne of Palatka.
March 7, 2023

Palatka rep proposes lower age to buy guns in Florida

Republican Bobby Payne was one of two legislators proposing to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy…

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March 6, 2023

UF Jacksonville campus clears first committee on 7-1 vote

The legislation would commit Jacksonville to up to $20 million as the first installment of $50 million over three years.…

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March 6, 2023

Jacksonville gives a boost to Black and Hispanic businesses

Nearly a dozen Black and Hispanic-owned companies in Jacksonville will be enrolled in a program aimed at helping small businesses…

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March 6, 2023

Another Broken Egg coming to Mandarin Landing

Landlord Regency Centers Corp. is reconfiguring the shopping center along San Jose Boulevard, north of Interstate 295 in Jacksonville.…

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March 6, 2023

Michael Kors is closing at St. Johns Town Center

Michael Kors and Chico’s will be replaced at St. Johns Town Center by a larger Lululemon, which is moving from…

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March 6, 2023

Record crowd fills The Amelia concours d’elegance

Spectators gazed at 260 classics, race cars and other four-wheeled motorcars at the 28th annual The Amelia classic car event.…

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Songwriter and guitarist Gary Rossington has died at age 71.
March 6, 2023

Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, dead at 71

Rossington, who had a history of heart problems, was the last living founder of the Jacksonville-based rock band.…

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Claire Heddles, Jacksonville Today
March 5, 2023

Unlike GOP donor Kent Stermon, most of JSO’s ‘Sheriff’s Circle’ barely used special access 

All used the special badge access far less frequently than Kent Stermon — the influential Republican donor who died last…

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March 3, 2023

Protesters feel threatened over Confederate monuments

Take ‘Em Down Jax, which is fighting Confederate monuments on public property, held its weekly picket line Friday despite threats…

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March 3, 2023

Jacksonville identifies industries ripe for growth

The Jax Chamber’s economic development arm has established a five-year regional plan focused on agribusiness, biomedical research and corporate operations.…

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March 3, 2023

One more time: Sugar Factory delays opening

The restaurant blamed permitting delays for its seventh rescheduled opening. Sugar Factory originally said it would open Dec. 26.…

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March 3, 2023

Twin Peaks begins work on East Arlington restaurant

Twin Peaks, based in Dallas, is opening its first sports bar in Northeast Florida, in the former Cinco de Mayo…

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March 3, 2023

Early voting starts Monday in Duval County

All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, will be able to vote for mayor, property appraiser and at-large City Council…

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March 3, 2023

Arlington Expressway in line for resurfacing

The public can get details about the Arlington Expressway resurfacing during an open house on Thursday.…

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March 2, 2023

UNF students soundly oppose slashing diversity programs

A student government poll found that the vast majority of students oppose Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to eliminate diversity, equity…

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March 2, 2023

New task force combats trafficking and child sex exploitation

Local sheriffs joined the FDLE and Department of Homeland Security to announce a new public-private partnership called INTERCEPT.…