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10/10/2022

WASHINGTON—Affirming the importance of traditions like Columbus Day to other Americans, the nation’s 573 federally recognized Indian nations released a joint statement Monday confirming they don’t need a special holiday and would be perfectly fine with just having large swaths of land returned...

07/09/2022

United Parcel Service said Wednesday it plans to hire more than 100,000 extra workers to help handle an increase in packages during the critical holiday season.

05/09/2022

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01/09/2022

Duval County students, from middle school to college, can now ride JTA buses for free any time of the year.

01/09/2022

Rising costs, among other things, are leading Gen Z and millennials to think twice about rushing to have children.

31/08/2022

Florida’s first “tool time” sales tax holiday on tools and other home repair and construction items will kick off during the Labor Day weekend.

31/08/2022

Advocates say it’s a tool that can save lives from fentanyl overdoses, but they’re outlawed in Florida.

31/08/2022

The University of North Florida and a national service organization are collaborating with the city to help conduct a survey to learn what service gaps need to be filled.

30/08/2022

Seventy-one percent of Americans indicated support for labor unions in a Gallup poll released on Tuesday, the highest percentage since 1965. The latest measure is a slight uptick from the 68 percen…

29/08/2022

School leaders say they not only need to bring in new teachers but also keep experienced teachers on the job.

29/08/2022

BREAKING: President Biden just announced his long-awaited plan to provide $10,000 in debt cancellation for millions of Americans — and up to $10,000 more for those with the greatest financial need.

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29/08/2022

Farm Share works with local farmers to recover and redistribute produce that the farmers would discard because of aesthetic imperfections.

29/08/2022

The National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have voted to unionize.

29/08/2022

A union says workers at a Chipotle store in Michigan have voted to unionize, becoming the first of the Mexican fast-food chain’s 3,000 locations to do so.

29/08/2022

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and the American Red Cross worked together to keep people in high flood zones safe on the Northside safe amid hurricane season.

29/08/2022

After President Joe Biden announced millions of people will have student loan debt forgiven, News4JAX viewers both for and against the plan were quick to share their thoughts.

18/08/2022

Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and eliminated fees for bounced checks.

18/08/2022

A jury last year found the companies owning CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies were liable for contributing to the opioid epidemic in Lake and Trumbull counties.