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The clinics are among 16 the retailer will open in three Florida cities.
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Electric bills should fall in November as JEA pays less to fuel its power plants.
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Seefried Industrial Properties Inc. is considering plans for a 131,512-square-foot distribution facility for the online retailer.
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A group of Black Jacksonville church and community leaders want to meet with the sheriff to discuss disparaging tweets attributed to a sergeant in its gang unit.
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Corrections Officer Joshwa Edsall was charged with battery after an inmate was beaten, pepper-sprayed and shot with a taser.
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Community groups want Jacksonville City Council to create new council maps that they say will more fairly represent the city's sizable Black population.
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The ban is effective immediately and allows police to issue $75 tickets to violators.
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Jacksonville Sheriff Pat Ivey promised a "complete and accurate investigation." The tweets attributed to Gang Unit Sgt. Douglas Howell disparaged Black people and the LGBTQ community.
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The universities of Florida and Georgia say many factors will figure into negotiations about where their fall football classic goes after 2023.
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There have been 72 banks with a main headquarters in Jacksonville over the years. Now there are two.
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The University of Florida’s Faculty Senate on Thursday passed a resolution saying members have no confidence in a presidential search process that led to U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being the sole finalist to lead the university.
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U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams refused to issue a preliminary injunction against a new state elections law involving county canvassing boards.
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The Florida Department of Health found that influenza cases from August to September were higher than expected, which could be an indication of an above-average season. Meantime, COVID continues to linger.
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Elections supervisors in Florida have grappled with these and other issues as they oversaw the state’s August primary elections and prepared for the Nov. 8 general election.
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In front of a rowdy crowd, congressman Charlie Crist and Gov. Ron DeSantis took opposite positions on everything from the culture wars to gender-affirming care to abortion. But the biggest issue likely weighing on voters ahead of Election Day is the economy.
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A memento in the shape of a inscribed memorial rock, brought to Sanibel Island and thought to have been tossed away by Hurricane Ian, instead found its way back to the family of the person memorialized.
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Growers in parts of Polk, Highlands, Hardee and DeSoto counties report that Ian claimed from 50% to 90% of their citrus crops. Before the storm, the state’s citrus harvest was already expected to be the lowest since 1935.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he plans to call a special legislative session to provide property tax relief to people affected by Hurricane Ian, with the session possibly addressing property insurance issues.
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The rule was one of several the State Board of Education adopted this week. Among others: Teachers could lose their licenses of they violate Florida's new laws on race and gender instruction.
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Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Val Demings tangled late Tuesday night in a feisty, one-and-only debate on hurricane relief for Florida, future limits on abortion, gun rights and illegal immigration.
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Residents of the 14-story building were forced to evacuate Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave.
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Keri Blakinger, a reporter with The Marshall Project, received word this week that the Florida state prison system placed her book, Corrections in Ink, on a temporary ban.
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Years ago the state eliminated its review of license plate applications. Now the state is adding some rules: expletives and sexual references are inappropriate on plates that are state property.
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The idea is to show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild – so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it.
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Both U.S. Senate candidates from Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman, have changed their positions on fracking, and say they now support it — despite climate change concerns.
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In Grand Island, Neb., the school district eliminated a high school journalism program after students published an issue of the school paper with op-eds about LGBTQ rights. Now the ACLU is involved.
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It's the fourth World Series for the Houston Astros since 2017. They're tangling with the Philadelphia Phillies who made an unlikely playoff run to reach their first Series since 2009.
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The women were sexually abused while incarcerated in federal prison in Dublin, California. The issue is part of a hearing Friday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
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Hotter summers in Florida are causing more sea turtles to be born female. Scientists there are concerned about what the gender imbalance could mean for turtle populations.
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The Hawaiian island of Molokai was once the site of America's largest leprosy colony. A brother and sister in Hawaii discuss how their lives were shaped by leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease.
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