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The firefighter says a chief gave him a choice: go home and lose overtime pay or go to the bathroom and cut his hair. He chose to go home.
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The homeless prevention nonprofit plans to build Sulzbacher Enterprise Village to provide affordable housing and manufacturing jobs for homeless men.
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Wrapped around Independence Day for the second year, a sales-tax holiday dubbed “Freedom Week” will provide tax breaks on a wide range of recreational activities and outdoor gear.
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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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Events are scheduled July 27 in Ponte Vedra and Aug. 11 in St. Augustine to help voters make informed decisions.
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Allegis, a workforce services company based in Hanover, Maryland, says it will create the jobs at an average wage of $53,000 by Dec. 31, 2026.
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Kevin Gay's nonprofit helps people with criminal records re-enter the workforce — reuniting families and rebuilding communities.
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The Florida Department of Health in Clay County advised caution "in and around Clay County waterways."
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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 law, labeled by critics as "Don't Say Gay," restricts how schools can teach about sexual orientation and gender identity. The White House called the law discriminatory.
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Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis removed Dr. Lisa Gwynn from the Florida Healthy Kids Board for expressing concerns about COVID-19 vaccine access for kids younger than 5. She talks about why she's still worried.
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The Florida Supreme Court approved Gov. Ron DeSantis' request to impanel a grand jury to investigate issues such as smuggling undocumented children into the state.
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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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Black motorist Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times last week by police in Akron, Ohio. Outrage has roiled the city, as protesters call for police officers to be held accountable.
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Even with gas prices at record highs, people are not flocking to mass transit in urban areas. Public transportation has a lot of work to do to lure people back.
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Akron police release bodycam video of the Jayland Walker shooting. Russia says it now controls one of two eastern regions in Ukraine. Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this holiday weekend.
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Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this weekend, as the number of people flying returns to pre-pandemic levels. Nearly every flight is full and tickets don't guarantee travelers a seat.
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Anti-vaccine advocates have repurposed a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the reproductive rights movement, which has been linked to the phrase for more than 50 years.
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The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.
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From abortion and the right to marry to voting rights and racial inequality, some of America's service members and veterans are concerned their Constitutional rights are under attack.
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In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.
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A gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life on Saturday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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Officials in Akron, Ohio, released video of the pursuit and shooting of Jayland Walker, 25. The police chief said officers tried to stop Walker's car for unspecified traffic and equipment violations.
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