At least seven members of the Jacksonville City Council and Sheriff T.K. Waters are attempting to expand the powers of the city’s top law enforcement official regarding the resolution of lawsuits that involve his officers.
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Rising costs and in-custody deaths: Jacksonville’s struggle with jail health care
The Duval County jail’s inefficient health care system — one that can appear at times more like a taxi service to UF Health — comes at a cost to inmates and taxpayers alike.
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Dollar General reopens after OSHA probe of Jacksonville shooting. New security measures? Unclear
The Dollar General where a man with a swastika-painted rifle killed three Black people in Jacksonville has reopened a few months later than originally planned, and a few weeks after the end of a federal workplace safety investigation, as the company touts a remodeled store with new consumer options.
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Auditor: Mounting debt, inmate care, cost of treating poor people puts UF Health in dire financial state
Northeast Florida’s largest hospital and central caregiver for its neediest patients is in dire straits due to a deepening hole of debt, a costly deal with Jacksonville’s jail and a worsening deficit it faces for treating poor people, according to the Jacksonville Council Auditor’s Office.
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64-year-old arrested on trespassing charge dies in Duval jail
A 64-year-old Jacksonville man who was arrested on a charge of trespassing on private property and defying an order to leave died in the Duval County jail while in isolation.
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Families of victims in Dollar General shooting sue store, shooters’ family in Jacksonville
Relatives of three Jacksonville residents who were killed at a local Dollar General in August are suing the corporate retailer for negligence that they allege made the store “a criminal’s safe haven” when a white 21-year-old with a swastika-painted rifle opened fire on its Black customers.
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Florida court upholds DeSantis’ congressional redistricting map
A Florida appeals court upheld Gov. Ron DeSantis’ congressional redistricting map, finding a lower state court should have dismissed a lawsuit challenging North Florida’s districts.
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Duval jail death toll hits 14 this year after 2 more reported
Two recent in-custody deaths at Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office—Walter James Matthews and Robert Shaffer—raise critical concerns about inmate healthcare, bringing this year’s toll to 14 at Duval County jail.
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Court approves tweaked deal to settle lending-discrimination case in Jacksonville
A federal court accepted a DOJ settlement with Ameris Bank to rectify claims of racial discrimination in home lending in Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville to pay $200k to settle lawsuit over police shooting of FAMU student
Taxpayers will foot a $200,000 bill to settle a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for the police killing of FAMU student Jamee Johnson.