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In what appears to be an internal training video obtained by WJCT News, the district’s chief academic officer tells teachers to temporarily pull books from classrooms until they've been reviewed.
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The city has canceled a deal with the Related Group to build apartments, but the developer could come back with a new plan within months.
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Lack of rain has left Jacksonville and much of Northeast Florida in a moderate drought. We'll get a break late this month, but then below-normal rainfall continues.
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Proposed legislation would define certain acts as hate crimes and increase criminal penalties. That would include projecting images onto buildings.
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Colliers is marketing the building where the two-screen venue closed after almost 85 years.
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JEA will have access to 150 megawatts of solar power produced by Florida Power & Light Co. through a five-year agreement with public power service organization The Energy Authority.
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The city terminated the development agreement with the Related Group while leaving the door open for Related to come back with an altered proposal.
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The law — conceived as a way to attack antisemitic displays — could face issues if challenged in court, attorneys say.
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Henry Tenon, 61, did not act alone, and the investigation continues, authorities said.
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The designation is considered vital to attracting businesses along A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, the commercial hub of the Eastside.
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County election supervisors say the new restrictions will create significant election reporting delays and a slew of costs for local election offices, and could disenfranchise large numbers of voters.
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The proposal would give nearly every K-12 student access to a stipend for private school or education programs.
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"One Governor should not have the power to dictate the facts of U.S. history," Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said of GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' move to ban the Advanced Placement course.
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Experts say Gov. Ron DeSantis' conclusion could not be drawn from the study he cited, adding that the research focused on health care workers, who are likelier to be exposed to COVID and more likely to be vaccinated. Those findings should not be applied to the general public.
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New conservative board members Christopher Rufo and Eddie Speir got a mixed reaction during their campus visit Wednesday.
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The state’s rejection of the course has drawn national attention, including a rebuke from the Biden administration.
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Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power & Light, unexpectedly announced his retirement. The company said the move was not connected to a burgeoning political spending scandal.
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A controversial measure that critics argue chills Floridians' right to peacefully protest remains blocked as a legal challenge to the new law moves through the courts.
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Justices, in a 4-1 decision, turned down a motion by seven abortion clinics and a doctor for a stay of a ruling by the 1st District Court of Appeal that kept the law in place.
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The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, issued a contract for legal services and costs, including fees for "expert witnesses."
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson about the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen about the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers.
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We hear how the community is grappling with the police killing of Tyre Nichols.
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The man charged with killing seven people in Half Moon Bay this past week reportedly told police he carried out the attack after a supervisor demanded he pay to repair a forklift damaged at work.
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The ban, signed Saturday by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox, prohibits transgender surgery for youth and disallows hormone treatments for minors who have not yet been diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
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Latin America's migration crisis is one of the most pressing and complex issues facing President Biden - we look at what his administration's new rules mean on both sides of the southern border.
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Memphis residents are calling for change within the police department following the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. For some, his killing has prompted painful memories of the past.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Diane Yentel, President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, about the Biden administration's new plan to expand tenant protections nationwide.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party Sunday over a "serious breach" of the ministerial code.
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Not well-known in many parts of the United States, candlepin bowling is mostly found in New England and nearby parts of Canada. The aging alleys are held together with "duct tape and bubble gum."
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High school students threaten to sue the governor after the state rejected an African American studies course as teachers cover up their classroom libraries, fearing they’ll run afoul of new state standards on what books students have access to.
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