If you want to follow the news from #Jacksonville / #EWU - keep an eye on the local #News4Jax

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/08/26/developing-heavy-police-presence-reported-on-kings-road/

TONIGHT at 5:30 p.m. | I recently spoke with a group of 4th graders to get their unique perspective on the turmoil over library books and media centers in #Florida schools.

I asked them what they'd want to say to state officials if they got the chance. Tune in for their answer! #News4JAX

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Duval County Public Schools is performing a mass review of all classroom libraries and media centers throughout the district after the Florida Department of Education handed down directives parallel to new state law.

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https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/01/25/dcps-errs-on-the-side-of-caution-in-clearing-schools-of-content-condemned-by-desantis-administration/

There has not been this much chaos on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in two years. #SpeakerVote #Republican #Democrat #News4JAX

LIVE at 5 p.m. with my report about the House Speaker battle.

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Newly re-elected #Florida #Republican Rep. John Rutherford (a former sheriff of #Jacksonville ) sits on the House Ethics Committee, a position he's poised to retain in the 118th Congress.

Last week, he declined to say a word about the #GeorgeSantos scandal.

READ MORE:
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/12/28/floridas-rep-rutherford-poised-to-sit-on-ethics-committee-stays-silent-on-rep-elect-santos-controversy/

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In the 1920s, Rosewood, Florida, was a thriving, predominantly Black town in rural Levy County, about an hour southwest of Gainesville.

A century later, a historical marker, a single home and a small road sign are all that remain.

STORY HERE: https://www.news4jax.com/community/2022/12/30/good-bad-or-ugly-we-are-history-new-years-day-marks-100-years-since-rosewood-massacre/

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Georgia’s Supreme Court says that a state pledge to not execute some inmates until certain conditions are met following the COVID-19 pandemic is a binding contract that the state can’t ignore.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2022/12/21/georgia-court-state-must-honor-pledge-to-delay-executions/

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Here at News4JAX, the I-TEAM exists to investigate stories that you, our viewers and #News4JAX Insiders, demand be uncovered and exposed — they’re stories and real issues in the community that we’re honored to scrutinize, and frankly, we couldn’t tell them without you.

https://www.news4jax.com/i-team/2022/12/23/unsolved-murder-megachurch-legal-fight-embattled-surgeon-these-are-the-i-teams-most-read-stories-in-2022/

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TELL US: What do you think about the proposed bans and restrictions on social media app #tiktok?

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/12/19/tell-us-what-do-you-think-about-the-proposed-bans-and-restrictions-on-social-media-app-tiktok/

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#jacksonville Feeding Northeast Florida will host its annual Turkey Time with the Jaguars distribution, in partnership with the Jacksonville Jaguars and TECO Peoples Gas, on Friday, Nov. 18 at Lot J of TIAA Bank Field. The event brings together Jaguars players, staff, members of The ROAR, Jaxson de Ville, food bank representatives and community volunteers to distribute turkeys and other holiday staples and produce to those in need in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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