Jacksonville

The Rays confirmed that they have begun exclusive discussions with a group led by billionaire Patrick Zalupski that also includes unspecified Tampa Bay investors. The local involvement could mean the team stays in the region.

The measure, if enacted, would put grant funding at risk if organizations provide services to immigrants in the country illegally. It also bans grants from going toward DEI programs.

A former attorney hopes to resurrect his 2021 lawsuit meant to bar the city and state from spending funds to preserve public tributes to Confederates.

The bill allows immigrants in the city without legal status to be jailed up to 60 days. Mayor Donna Deegan said she objected to the ordinance but did not “see a clear path to a veto, to sustaining a veto.”

The third Friday in March is when med school grads learn where they will start their careers as residents. Often they extend their careers in the same area, although Florida trails other large states in such retention.

The ordinance also directs $76,250 in unused Economic Development Grant money for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to add fingerprint scanners to check the immigration status of someone suspected of crime.

The NTSB did not conclude that the Skyway, Jacksonville's Dames Point Bridge or the others are certain to collapse. But, like the Key Bridge, those spans are regularly exposed to large container ships.

The headquarters in Jacksonville will not be terminated after being listed by DOGE as one of more than hundreds of offices to be shut down.

The legislation would also help the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office buy 25 fingerprint readers to help enforce new federal and state immigration measures.

Sun-Ray Cinema, known for its unique film selections and atmosphere, opened in 2011 in a 97-year-old building that once housed the first Florida theater to show "talkies."

Mayor Donna Deegan held a signing ceremony to join Fast-Track Cities, adding Jacksonville to the hundreds of metro areas around the world striving for "zero new HIV infections and zero HIV-related deaths."

The proposed 63,000-seat, open-air stadium includes a translucent covering that’s similar to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.