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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on May 9, 2023. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP
February 3, 2025

DeSantis proposes $115.6 billion state budget

The budget includes pay raises for first responders and a sales tax holiday on guns and ammunition.…

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February 3, 2025

January brought record cold; February means winter heat

Jacksonville should see high temperatures in the low-80s most of the week.…

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Students walk outside the Board of Governors meeting on Jan. 30, 2025, at the University of North Florida | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
February 2, 2025

UNF faculty protest as Florida limits what qualify as ‘core classes’

Florida’s college general education courses can not teach “identity politics” or that systemic racism is inherent.…

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Speed zone cameras are coming soon to three school zones in Neptune Beach, police said. | News4Jax
February 2, 2025

Cameras will soon catch speeders in 3 Neptune Beach school zones

Neptune Beach will soon install speed zone cameras near three schools.…

Featured image for “New St. Augustine Commissioner Jon DePreter: Flooding, mobility are top of mind”
Joined by members of his family, Jon DePreter swears in as the newest member of the St. Augustine City Commission in December. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
January 30, 2025

New St. Augustine Commissioner Jon DePreter: Flooding, mobility are top of mind

St. Augustine’s newest city commissioner says he wants to maintain St. Augustine’s charm while making the city safer.…

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MOSH curator Ryan Enger talks about the museum's new MindWorks exhibit, on the second floor through May. | Dan Scanlan, Florida Today
January 30, 2025

New MOSH exhibit MindWorks gets inside your head

The latest MOSH exhibit – MindWorks – brings ideas like decision-making, memory and emotion to life through interactive displays.…

Featured image for “‘Lift Every Voice’: February festival will celebrate Black National Anthem written in Jacksonville”
The title of the song written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, stand tall on one end of the park honoring the men at their birthplace in Jacksonville's historic LaVilla community. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
January 30, 2025

‘Lift Every Voice’: February festival will celebrate Black National Anthem written in Jacksonville

Perhaps the most famous song ever written in Jacksonville was a call to action when it was written. Sharon Coon…

Featured image for “Jacksonville Bar Association defends General Counsel in battle with City Council”
Council President Ron Salem listens as Jacksonville General Counsel Michael Fackler responds to Salem's questioning about the surprise removal of a Confederate monument in January 2024. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
January 30, 2025

Jacksonville Bar Association defends General Counsel in battle with City Council

The Jacksonville Bar Association is defending Jacksonville General Counsel Michael Fackler after City Council members introduced a resolution Tuesday expressing…

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Rendering of the Village at Seven Pines | Jax Daily Record
January 30, 2025

Regency Centers to develop shopping center at JTB and I-295

Seven Pines is at southeast Interstate 295 and Butler Boulevard near St. Johns Town Center.…

Featured image for “Community invited to candlelight vigil to honor life of 7-year-old Breon Allen as JSO works to solve his shooting”
January 30, 2025

Community invited to candlelight vigil to honor life of 7-year-old Breon Allen as JSO works to solve his shooting

Nearly a week after a 7-year-old boy was shot and killed while walking down the street, his family is inviting…

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Michael Fackler | Jacksonville Daily Record
January 29, 2025

Council members Salem, Diamond introduce bill expressing lack of faith in city’s lead attorney

Saying that the city of Jacksonville’s top lawyer has shown “an unacceptable preference to address and support the wishes of…

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Randy Fine
January 28, 2025

Primary tees up state senator vs. teacher for Congressional District 6

A special primary election set the stage for an April congressional race between a state lawmaker and a teacher.…

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A drawing shows Baptist Health's planned new, four-story emergency tower on Prudential Drive. | Baptist Jacksonville, Hoefer Welker
January 28, 2025

Baptist Health unveils details of new ER tower

The addition on Baptist’s main campus will include two distinctive emergency rooms for adults and children.…

Featured image for “Duval Schools town halls tackle district budget woes; last town hall is Thursday”
Superintendent Chris Bernier hosts a town hall at duPont Middle School on Jan. 23, 2025. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today
January 28, 2025

Duval Schools town halls tackle district budget woes; last town hall is Thursday

Budget cuts could affect busing, class schedules, and more in Duval County public schools.…

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Church pastors pray over Sheriff T.K. Waters and Sheriff's Office staff after the new Operation Safe Passage program was launched at Builders of the Faith Community Church on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
January 28, 2025

Cops and clergy offer gang members a ‘Safe Passage’

The new Safe Passage program gives people the support they need to leave a life of gangs and violence.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Why is Florida refusing federal food aid for children?”
Food service assistant Brenda Bartee gives students breakfast at Washington Elementary School in Riviera Beach in August 2021. | Wilfredo Lee, AP
January 28, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Why is Florida refusing federal food aid for children?

Florida says the USDA’s SUN Bucks food program has too many strings attached. But what are they?…

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A voter enters the polling place at the Beaches Branch Library in October 2024.
January 28, 2025

Teen won’t be prosecuted for machete threat at polls

Prosecutors said the teen did not legally intimidate anyone when he confronted Harris-Walz supporters with a machete.…

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A Meridian Waste garbage truck. | Meridian Waste
January 28, 2025

Meridian Waste threatens suit after higher pay is rejected

Jacksonville’s general counsel advised that a 29% rate increase for Meridian was not allowed.…

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Former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn leaves the federal courthouse in March 2022 after entering a not guilty plea on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud.
January 28, 2025

Former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn reports to prison

Zahn is serving his sentence for conspiracy and wire fraud in Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield in South Carolina.…

Featured image for “UNF names education college for Gary and Laine Silverfield”
The University of North Florida presented this watercolor painting of the Silverfield College of Education and Human Services to donors Gary and Laine Silverfield. | UNF
January 27, 2025

UNF names education college for Gary and Laine Silverfield

UNF celebrated the Silverfield College of Education and Human Services in honor of the longtime donors.…

Featured image for “Ragtime Tavern closes after 40+ years in Atlantic Beach”
Ragtime Ragtime Tavern in Atlantic Beach closed permanently over the weekend. | Dan Macdonald, Jacksonville Daily Record
January 27, 2025

Ragtime Tavern closes after 40+ years in Atlantic Beach

A sign on the window of Ragtime Tavern says “Unfortunately, we have permanently closed.”…

Featured image for “Lawmakers rebuke DeSantis on special session and budget”
A general view of the Old Capitol and current Florida Capitol buildings on Feb. 8, 2023, in Tallahassee. | Phil Sears, AP
January 27, 2025

Lawmakers rebuke DeSantis on special session and budget

The rebuke included overriding the governor’s budget veto from last year.…

Featured image for “A deadly weekend: Boy killed in shooting; baby run over”
Breon Allen, 7, was shot to death in a drive-by shooting lon Jan. 24, 2025. | MAD DADS
January 27, 2025

A deadly weekend: Boy killed in shooting; baby run over

A 7-year-old boy died in a drive-by shooting, and an 8-month-old was placed on the road and run over.…

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Former Nassau County sheriff’s Sgt. James Darrell Hickox of Callahan. | News4Jax
January 27, 2025

Ex-Nassau County cop sentenced for fraud and drugs

Former Nassau County police Sgt. James Darrell Hickox was sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison.…