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This will be the first time in 16 years that the two football programs have competed in Jacksonville.
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A lawsuit seeks to block the law from taking effect Friday based on a privacy clause in the state Constitution.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that allows students to apply paid work toward the required service hours. In the end, more students might qualify for scholarships.
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The move was one of two announced Monday to increase revenue and containers shipped through Jacksonville's port.
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The Northeast Florida Safety Council will provide a two-hour training session Wednesday so people know what to look for and how to respond.
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A federal judge said four plaintiffs, including a Nassau County child, lacked legal standing to sue.
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The Army Corps of Engineers says the lines need to be 20 feet higher for larger ships to pass through. The lines are currently 175 feet above the water line.
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The splash pad will be near the playground and restroom facilities at Lonnie C. Miller Sr. Regional Park.
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The Downtown Investment Authority says it will try again to put the Snyder Memorial building on the market to find a buyer or developer to repurpose the historic church.
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The crowd expressed frustration with Democrats and vowed to fight for candidates who support abortion rights.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law Monday that requires criminal and sexual-offender background checks for apartment-complex employees.
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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Friday approved an average 6.4% rate increase for homeowners with “multiperil” policies — by far the most-common type of policy.
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The bill would have done away with permanent alimony and set up maximum payments based on the duration of a marriage.
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The law, which restricts the way race-related issues are taught, could affect Title IX training programs.
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Gillum, along with state House candidate Sharon Lettman-Hicks, is accused of soliciting money with false promises and disguising it for Gillum's personal use.
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A federal judge is expected to decide this week whether to block a new state law that would restrict the way certain race-related concepts can be taught in public schools and in workplace training.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is considering a bill that would allow many people to stop paying alimony after they retire.
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Gov. Ron Desantis announced the proposal while signing a bill cracking down on illegal immigration, one of his priorities during this year's legislative session.
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U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor issued an 18-page ruling Wednesday that included a permanent injunction against the $3,000 contribution limit, which passed in 2021 and was revised this year. The limit was part of long-running efforts by Republican leaders to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives to amend the state Constitution.
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The fierce gun-rights advocate, whose career spanned almost half a century, is retiring from her post as the Florida lobbyist for the National Rifle Association. Hammer was the driving force behind the state’s 2005 Stand Your Ground law.
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Fifty-one migrants died after being trapped in a tractor-trailer in Texas. NPR's A Martinez talks to Antonio Fernandez, CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio about the survivors.
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NPR's A Martínez talks to José Garza, district attorney for Travis County, about the state of abortion access in Texas, and why he vowed to not prosecute those who seek, provide or support abortions.
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Montana's Blackfeet Nation is experimenting with a new way to detect chronic wasting disease in animals and toxic substances in plants used by tribal members for food and cultural practices.
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As many Americans continue to struggle financially because of inflation, we set out to clear the air on some common claims about what's going on.
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On the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe are trying to restore land to the way it looked, smelled and sounded pre-colonialism.
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An NPR/Ipsos poll shows a stark partisan split on laws that prevent transgender youth from accessing medical care for gender transition.
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In a sense, what was one battleground has become 50, as advocates on both sides of the abortion issue race to put the issue before state constitutions. Half a dozen lawsuits are already in court.
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Although inducted into the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, her contributions haven't always been properly acknowledged.
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Entanglement in fishing gear is one of the two biggest threats to declining species of whales, along with collisions with ships.
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The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.
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