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2024 Voter's Guide: Florida House District 12
Read full article: 2024 Voter's Guide: Florida House District 12Republican Wyman Duggan is seeking re-election in this district, which covers neighborhoods along the east side of the St. Johns River in Duval County, from San Marco to Mandarin, as well as Ortega, NAS Jacksonville, and portions of the Westside between 103rd St. and the Duval-Clay line. He faces Democrat Benjamin Sandlin.
Unopposed: 4 Northeast Florida lawmakers re-elected
Read full article: Unopposed: 4 Northeast Florida lawmakers re-electedState Sen. Jennifer Bradley and three of the Florida state House members who represent voters in the News4Jax viewing area are cruising to another term without opposition in this year’s elections.
5 candidates vying for the city council seat vacated after Tommy Hazouri’s death
Read full article: 5 candidates vying for the city council seat vacated after Tommy Hazouri’s deathA special election for the Jacksonville City Council seat vacated by Tommy Hazouri, who died earlier this month, is set for December and at least five people are attempting to run for the open spot.
Jacksonville’s $6M request for septic tank phaseout funds makes state budget
Read full article: Jacksonville’s $6M request for septic tank phaseout funds makes state budgetAmong the items in the massive $101.5 billion state budget for the upcoming year is $6 million for the septic tank phase-out project in Jacksonville. Lawmakers still have to vote on the bill.
Farm Share sets 3 food distributions this week
Read full article: Farm Share sets 3 food distributions this weekJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Farm Share announces plans to distribute food in the Jacksonville area later this week. Farm Share currently serves all 67 counties in Florida. AdSince its inception, Farm Share has distributed nationally more than 707 million pounds of food with a value of more than $1.3 billion. In 2020 alone, Farm Share distributed more than 104 million pounds of food and served more than 86 million meals to Floridians. For more information about Farm Share, visit FarmShare.org.
State shuts down troubled Jacksonville motel
Read full article: State shuts down troubled Jacksonville motelJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville motel that has been a magnet for violent crime, including eight deadly shootings this year, has been shut down. He noted that the city is giving motel residents until Thursday to clear out, and they’ll be given assistance. “I think we could’ve declared this a public nuisance under a city ordinance sometime ago,” State Sen. Audrey Gibson of Jacksonville told News4Jax on Wednesday. While news of the motel’s emergency closure was met with applause on Wednesday morning’s Zoom call, not everyone was thrilled about it. It’s unclear exactly how many residents will be affected by the emergency closure, or how long the closure is expected to last.
Farm Share distributes 30K pounds of food to Jacksonville families in need
Read full article: Farm Share distributes 30K pounds of food to Jacksonville families in needJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Farm Share partnered with city leaders to host two food drives Saturday. In total, nearly 30,000 pounds of food was distributed to hundreds of Jacksonville families. At Duval Charter School off 103rd Street, cars packed into two lines for a drive-thru food giveaway. It was great.”Farm Share Jacksonville serves 11 counties throughout northeast and central Florida. “So we are all over Jacksonville trying to hit different areas on the same day,” Johnson said.