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TRUE Commission Chair Keshan Chambliss, left, listens as Commissioner Daniel Henry speaks on his concerns about procurement-contract training at a meeting of the commission on April 4, 2024. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
April 10, 2024

At dawn of huge stadium deal, Jax commission sees ‘pattern’ of lax contract oversight

Commissioners want to know how to help the city tackle what they view as repeated shortcomings in enforcing contracts.…

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The Laura Street Trio is at Laura, Forsyth and Adams streets Downtown. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record
April 10, 2024

Embattled Laura Street Trio may have hit a dead end

City Council member Jimmy Peluso says it is time to explore taking the buildings by eminent domain.…

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April 10, 2024

Severe storms and flash flooding possible on Thursday

As storms track across the state, the squall line will be capable of generating damaging wind gusts or 60 mph…

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Imam Bilal Malik leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer. An estimated 7,000 people gathered inside Dream Finders Homes Flex Field at Daily’s Place for an Eid al-Fitr celebration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 10, 2024

Muslims in Jacksonville celebrate end of Ramadan

More than 7,000 people gathered inside the Dream Finders Homes Flex Field at Daily’s Place for an Eid al-Fitr celebration.…

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The Lofts at Cathedral in Downtown Jacksonville are an affordable housing development using Sadowski trust funds.
April 10, 2024

Jacksonville pledges $10M for affordable housing

The city says the money would jump-start a loan fund for developers that could lead to more than 1,000 new…

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A judge blocked Florida education officials from enforcing a law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth. | WGCU file
April 10, 2024

Federal judge blocks restriction on teacher pronoun use

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said Florida violates a teacher’s First Amendment rights by restricting which pronouns she can…

Featured image for “Judge refuses to halt FSU’s lawsuit against ACC”
Florida State University's football team plays at Doak Campbell Stadium. | News Service of Florida
April 10, 2024

Judge refuses to halt FSU’s lawsuit against ACC

Florida State University contends it would owe $500 million in penalties to exit the Atlantic Coast Conference.…

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A rendering of The Lofts at Southbank, a mixed-use development including offices, housing, self-storage and retail space.
April 10, 2024

Review board backs mixed-use storage project on Southbank

The Downtown Development Review Board recommended approval of a controversial development that includes housing and self-storage.…

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The 105-room Tru by Hilton Airport I-95 opened Feb. 29 at 1265 Airport Road. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record
April 9, 2024

First new hotels in years open near Jacksonville airport

Tru by Hilton opened in February, and TownePlace Suites by Marriott plans to debut in May.…

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UNF’s Jacksonville Economic Monitoring Survey projects positive signals for the economy in Northeast Florida. | Jacksonville Daily Record
April 9, 2024

Jacksonville among hottest labor markets in US

A monthly survey of Jacksonville area manufacturers indicates that businesses expect to expand their payrolls.…

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Atlantic Beach city commissioners approved a resolution Monday urging Duval County Schools to keep Atlantic Beach Elementary School open. | News 4 Jax
April 9, 2024

Leaders fight possible closure of Atlantic Beach Elementary

Duval County Public Schools is considering a recommendation to close 37 schools across the county.…

Featured image for “Former Jax residents get 10-15 years for son’s school shooting”
From left, James Crumbley, defense lawyer Mariell Lehman, Jennifer Crumbley and defense lawyer Shannon Smith await sentencing in Oakland County, Michigan, court on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The Crumbleys were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a school shooting committed by their son in 2021. | Ed White, AP
April 9, 2024

Former Jax residents get 10-15 years for son’s school shooting

James and Jennifer Crumbley are believed to be the first parents of a mass school shooter to have been charged…

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April 9, 2024

Abortion ballot issue might not end legal fights

Three Supreme Court justices warned about legal fights if the abortion rights amendment passes in Florida.…

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April 9, 2024

Assessing Jacksonville’s health insurance campaign

The Get Covered Jax program signed up nearly 41,000 people for health insurance, but it trailed other large metro areas…

Featured image for “ICARE lays murder toll at sheriff’s doorstep”
ICARE board member Geneva Pittman lays a flower atop others on the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office steps. The 124 carnations represented how many people were murdered in 2023 in Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
April 8, 2024

ICARE lays murder toll at sheriff’s doorstep

ICARE again implored Sheriff T.K. Waters to adopt the Group Violence Intervention program to stem murders in Jacksonville.…

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Former Florida Highway Patrol trooper Joshua Earrey. | News4Jax
April 8, 2024

Ex-trooper faces prison for drugs, firearms and fraud

Joshua Grady Earrey pleaded guilty to federal drug and fraud charges. A related investigation of former Nassau County Sgt. James…

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A JTA electric bus.
April 8, 2024

JTA proving to be an alternative to school buses

The My Ride to School program has exceeded expections as Duval Schools wrestles with transportation costs.…

Featured image for “Public parking reopens at Mickler’s Landing”
Beach restoration will stretch over more than 9 miles of coastline from the St. Johns-Duval county line south to the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. | St. Johns County
April 8, 2024

Public parking reopens at Mickler’s Landing

Beach restoration is expected to be completed by early August in Ponte Vedra Beach.…

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A screengrab from body-worn camera footage shows Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police preparing to strip search Ronnie Reed. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
April 8, 2024

Jacksonville police officers disciplined for strip search

An internal investigation concluded that two officers violated policy when they pulled down a man’s pants on a public road…

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Melissa Nelson is state attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit. | News4Jax
April 5, 2024

State Attorney Melissa Nelson files for reelection

Nelson filed for election to a third term in the 4th Judicial Circuit, which includes Clay, Duval, and Nassau counties.…

Featured image for “Food and drink businesses seek incentives Downtown”
An illustration shows Pizza Dynamo and a connected Pour Taproom on the ground floor of the VyStar parking garage at Forsyth and Laura streets Downtown. | Jacksonville Daily Record
April 5, 2024

Food and drink businesses seek incentives Downtown

Three dining and drinking establishments are on the agenda for a Downtown Investment Authority committee.…

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Photos of different types of solar eclipses — partial, annular and total solar eclipse. | NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
April 5, 2024

The solar eclipse: Here’s what we’ll see in Jacksonville

People in Northeast Florida will see about 70% of the sun’s disc missing — like a bite out of a…

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Colorado State University predicts 23 named storms this year and 11 hurricanes.
April 5, 2024

Forecasters predict ‘very, very busy’ hurricane season

Researchers at Colorado State University are projecting 23 named storms and 11 hurricanes, including five major hurricanes.…

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April 5, 2024

DeSantis: ‘This state will start to smell like marijuana’

Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out Thursday at proposed constitutional amendments that would protect abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana.…