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This redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis eliminated the old Congressional District 5, a Black-majority district that stretched from Jacksonville to west of Tallahassee.
December 31, 2024

10 big legal cases to watch in Florida in 2025

The legal issues include a contested redistricting plan in North Florida.…

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December 31, 2024

Year-end travel forecast and frigid air in Florida

People who are traveling to end the year somewhere else should keep a close eye on the weather forecast.…

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A Meridian Waste garbage truck. | Meridian Waste
December 31, 2024

When is garbage pickup this week?

The New Year’s holiday will delay garbage collection in Clay and St. Johns counties.…

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December 30, 2024

Fitness center planned at Shad Khan’s new office building

A commercial gym is shown on plans for the office building near the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences.…

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Southern Grounds plans to open Thursday at 124 King St., at King and Riberia streets in the St. Augustine historic district. | Southern Grounds
December 30, 2024

Southern Grounds will open this week in St. Augustine

The Southern Grounds in St. Augustine will be the fourth location in Northeast Florida.…

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High temperatures will remain in the 70s in Jacksonville on Tuesday, but colder weather is coming. | National Weather Service Jacksonville
December 30, 2024

Freeze possible as North Florida cools down in new year

A freeze is possible over the weekend as a cooldown hits North Florida.…

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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Director Joe Cowan announcing Monday's arrest of a corrections officer. | News4Jax
December 30, 2024

Veteran corrections officer accused of domestic battery

A Jacksonville corrections officer was arrested after an argument with a family member, the Sheriff’s Office says.…

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A general view of the Old Capitol and current Florida Capitol buildings on Feb. 8, 2023, in Tallahassee. | Phil Sears, AP
December 30, 2024

New year will bring 10 new laws in Florida

Ten laws approved in 2024 will take effect Wednesday, but restrictions on social media for children will not be immediately…

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Florida Power & Light Co. crews work on lines.
December 30, 2024

FPL proposes to raise base electric rates

Bills for FPL customers would rise an average of 2.5% annually from 2025 through 2029.…

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Toasted Yolk plans to open in the second phase of The Fountains at St. Johns. | Toasted Yolk
December 27, 2024

Toasted Yolk plans first location in St. Johns County

The Toasted Yolk will be the second in Northeast Florida. The first opened in Fleming Island in November.…

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Shacura Pray high-fives her daughter Symphoni Pollard, while her son, Shamar Pollard, rides his first bicycle. Shamar received the bike as part of a holiday toy drive Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, sponsored by Bethsaida Temple Ministries in the heart of Jacksonville's Moncrief community. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
December 27, 2024

Church shares holiday spirit with Moncrief community

A Christmas Eve toy drive at Bethsaida Temple Ministries was the biggest yet for the church in Moncrief.…

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A for-sale sign is posted outside a single-family home in Miami-Dade County in December 2024, advertising that the seller is willing to pay a commission to real estate agents representing buyers. | Tom Hudson. WLRN
December 27, 2024

It may be a little cheaper to buy a home — not because of prices

The commissions paid to homebuyers’ agents are slowly declining under new rules for how Realtors are paid.…

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A pyramid of water-skiers performs at the Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven in 1968. | Florida Memory, State Archives of Florida
December 27, 2024

Iconic water ski show is ending in Winter Haven

Legoland will end the water ski shows and competitions in 2025 to focus on new projects.…

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December 27, 2024

Hurricanes may have spread invasive species across Florida

The U.S. Geological Survey says 222 possible nonnative species spread in Florida and Georgia after Hurricane Helene.…

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A February 2023 fire at a municipal trash incinerator in Miami-Dade County burned for nearly three weeks, releasing smoke and pollution into the surrounding community. | Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
December 26, 2024

Trash incinerators do most harm to communities of color

Six of nine incinerators in Florida are in places with higher percentages of Black and Hispanic people.…

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Police investigate a shooting that killed two people Christmas night in Palatka. | News4Jax
December 26, 2024

Christmas night shooting kills 2 in Palatka

Police said two people were killed and one critically injured after a party in St. Johns County spilled over into…

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Rep. Michael Waltz. | Ted Shaffrey, AP
December 26, 2024

Special election coming for some St. Johns County voters

Voters will decide who will replace U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, who is in line to become national security adviser.…

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More than 100 firefighters battle a fire Jan. 29, 2024, at the Rise Doro apartments. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
December 26, 2024

#AskJAXTDY | When will Rise Doro apartments rise again after fire?

The developer of the Rise Doro apartment building says reconsruction is “imminent.”…

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EverBank is headquartered at 301 W. Bay St. in Jacksonville. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record
December 26, 2024

EverBank seeks to acquire 25 Sterling branches in California

Shareholders of Sterling Bancorp Inc. have approved the sale of Sterling Bank and Trust to EverBank.…

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Volunteers with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation perform a nest inventory after baby turtles hatched in August 2022. | Courtesy of Jack Brzoza
December 24, 2024

Sea turtles, a conservation success story, face new threat

Warming temperatures and stronger hurricanes raise questions about the future of sea turtles.…

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Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, vice chairman of the NTSB.
December 24, 2024

Former Mayor Alvin Brown named vice chair of NTSB

Brown was Jacksonville’s first Black mayor from 2011 to 2015. President Joe Biden picked him for the NTSB role Friday. …

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Venezuelan immigrant Grecia Pacheco, a senior at Florida International University, spent four months in Washington, D.C., reporting on the presidential election for the school's news venue Caplin News. Having arrived in the U.S. as an asylum seeker, she now faces an incoming president determined to deport people like her. | Courtesy of Grecia Pacheco
December 24, 2024

When will I be good enough to stay in America?

Grecia Pacheco, a journalism student at Florida International University, describes the anxiety gripping thousands of immigrants like her.…

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Randy Fine
December 24, 2024

Randy Fine files controversial bills as he runs for Congress

Brevard Republican state Sen. Randy Fine says he intends to push his proposals as long as he’s in the state…

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The former Black Knight building is at 601 Riverside Ave.
December 23, 2024

#AskJAXTDY | How does city win by giving incentives to ICE?

A Jacksonville Today reader wonders how the city benefits by giving a company $21 million in incentives.…