Florida News (Page 292)

Millions of Americans could see some additional relief on their taxes. Are you one of them? In a rare breakthrough, the House passed a $78 billion tax package, with bipartisan support, that would enhance the child tax credit for lower-income families and boost tax breaks for businesses. Some argue that’sContinue Reading

Gov. Ron DeSantis will be at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville on Thursday for a 10 a.m. news conference. News4JAX will stream the news conference live. Press play above to watch. The topic of the news conference has not been announced. DeSantis will be joined by Florida National Guard Adjutant Gen.Continue Reading

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. will meet Thursday with Northside residents who are concerned about a plan to bring an affordable housing apartment complex to their neighborhood. If approved, the new complex would be built along Biscayne Boulevard near Mar Vic Lane. More than a dozen Biscayne Boulevard areaContinue Reading

Crews are setting up equipment and preparing to tear down the Rise Doro apartment building following a massive fire that sparked Sunday night and was still smoldering Wednesday. The city of Jacksonville approved an emergency demolition permit for the 80-foot-tall structure. The permit names ELEV8 Demolition of Jacksonville as theContinue Reading

Today is dry and mild, with highs in the 60′s. This is due to an area of high pressure lingering over our area- it’s responsible for the cooler air, and the dry conditions. Throughout the evening, cloud cover will begin to form, but conditions will stay dry. If you haveContinue Reading

In 2023, there were more than 13,000 reports of laser strikes on pilots across the United States, including 916 reports of laser incidents in Florida, according to the latest report from the Federal Aviation Administration. Last year’s report marked a record high with a 41% increase from the previous year.Continue Reading

A Northside funeral director is wanted on multiple charges after the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) opened an investigation following complaints over the “mishandling of cremated remains” and allegedly “abandoning” the business. Elliot Graham is the funeral director at Marion Graham Mortuaries on Gandy Street in the Lake ForestContinue Reading

Outside consultants hired by JEA as the city-owned utility explored privatization in 2019 provided insight into the scuttled attempt to sell the utility, during testimony at a pre-trial hearing for former JEA executives Aaron Zahn and Ryan Wannemacher. Zahn, a former CEO of the utility, and Wannemacher, his former chiefContinue Reading

Deputy Daniel Barnhart of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office was busy Wednesday trying to get control of a fifth-grade class at Liberty Pines Academy. The students in the room with him were part of a pilot program called “L.E.A.D,” or Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence. “When you hearContinue Reading