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March 27, 2023

Jaxport gets $35 million refund for harbor deepening project

The Jacksonville Port Authority received a $35 million refund Monday in unused payments from its harbor deepening project. The project…

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March 27, 2023

Jax airport buying $27 million in steel for expansion

The steel will be used for a new Concourse B at Jacksonville International Airport and for renovations at the security…

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March 26, 2023

Jacksonville police officer critically wounded in shooting

Officer Malink Daricaud was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after being shot outside a home on Ridgeview Avenue.…

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March 26, 2023

How Duval Schools’ book debate wound up on the floor of Congress

House Democrats pointed to Duval County as a cautionary tale in its opposition to a federal Parents Bill of Rights.…

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March 24, 2023

DeSantis signs reforms limiting lawsuits against businesses

The bill shields businesses from lawsuits blamed for driving up insurance costs. Opponents say injured people will find it harder…

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A truck plows through floodwaters in St. Augustine.
March 24, 2023

Drainage improvements coming in St. Augustine

The Florida Department of Transportation has set up an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. April 18 so residents can…

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March 24, 2023

Northeast Florida families challenge transgender rules

Families from Duval and St. Johns counties are among four challenging new rules that prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment…

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March 24, 2023

Aiden Fucci gets life sentence for killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey

Fucci pleaded guilty to stabbing his classmate more than 100 times on Mother’s Day 2021 in St. Johns County.…

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March 24, 2023

Sunburn Cannabis opens this weekend in busy Five Points

Sunburn Cannabis is opening in the shuttered MedMen medical marijuana store at 1059 Park St.…

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March 24, 2023

Jaxport adds fifth MSC Mediterranean container service

MSC’s biweekly North European rotation services food and beverage, auto parts and forest products.…

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March 23, 2023

Massive expansion of school vouchers sent to governor

The Republican-controlled Senate passed the measure Thursday amid warnings from Democrats like Sen. Tracie Davis of Jacksonville.…

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March 23, 2023

Details emerge about arrest of Douglas Anderson music teacher

Jeffrey Payne Clayton professed his romantic feelings for a student and kissed her, according to an arrest warrant released Thursday.…

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March 23, 2023

DeSantis spotlights civics education in Orange Park visit

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Manny Diaz awarded seven Clay County teachers $3,000 checks for completing a Civics Seal…

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March 23, 2023

Clay County jail is packed; a new one may be necessary

Sheriff Michelle Cook and county commissioners are discussing an enlarged law enforcement campus for the growing county.…

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March 23, 2023

Analysis: Where Davis and Deegan got their votes

Mayoral candidate Donna Deegan got support across the city in Tuesday’s election. Daniel Davis won on the Westside, Ortega, Mandarin…

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March 22, 2023

LeAnna Cumber investigation forwarded to Ethics Commission

A special City Council committee investigated LeAnna Cumber’s role in the failed sale of JEA — and whether she was…

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March 22, 2023

Jacksonville lawmaker gets support for drag show crackdown

As the governor’s office cracks down drag show performances, a Senate panel approved a bill sponsored by a Jacksonville lawmaker…

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March 22, 2023

Douglas Anderson teacher accused of lewd conduct with student

Jeffrey Clayton, department head at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious conduct…

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March 22, 2023

Baptist Health opens Heart Rhythm Center

The demand for heart rhythm care has exploded with the growing and aging population in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia,…

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March 22, 2023

Hotel revenue hit all-time high for February

Jacksonville hotels reported that demand for rooms in February was even higher than before the pandemic.…

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Connie Hodges, left, and Carter Jones, right, may have supported different candidates; but the two say they developed a good rapport and commonality as they campaigned for Joshua Hicks and Ron Salem outside Grace Church of Avondale. Jacksonville had less than 26 percent voter turnout for its 2023 Unitary election on March 21, 2023. A late surge allowed local voting to surpass the 24.5 percent voter turnout in 2019 municipal elections. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
March 21, 2023

PHOTO ESSAY | March 2023 Duval Elections

Voters share why they participated in the March 2023 Jacksonville elections, which had just 25.6% turnout.…

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March 21, 2023

City Council: 6 incumbents and 3 new members elected as 7 races go to runoffs

With voter turnout of 25.5%, here are the results of the March 2023 Jacksonville City Council races.…

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March 21, 2023

Property appraiser race goes to runoff in May

Democrat Joyce Morgan, a City Council member, and Republican Jason Fischer, a former state representative, were the top finishers in…

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Donna Deegan and Daniel Davis
March 21, 2023

Deegan and Davis will face off for Jacksonville mayor

Democrat Donna Deegan and Republican Daniel Davis finished first and second in Jacksonville’s mayoral election Tuesday, sending them to a…