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Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) announced a presidential campaign swing through parts of the country where he grew up - including Jacksonville. He calls it his “Service to America Tour,” and he will visit Mississippi today, and Virginia, Maryland, and Arizona, as well as Florida, this week.
The Jacksonville rally will be held on Thursday, April [...]

School bus drivers employed by First Student rallied yesterday saying they want to be represented by the Teamsters. Here’s their statement:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — First Student school bus drivers joined with area Teamsters today to rally outside of Jacksonville’s largest bus yard to demand fair wages, improved benefits, safe conditions for themselves [...]

Our weekly gas price update:

Jacksonville
Regular
Mid
Premium
Diesel
 

Current
$3.304
$3.579
$3.645
$4.034

Yesterday
$3.292
$3.566
$3.632
$4.033

Month Ago
$3.213
$3.480
$3.544
$3.644

Year Ago
$2.573
$2.788
$2.839
$2.756

Highest [...]

Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fl) spoke before the state legislature today and presented his ideas for election reform. Here’s the text of his released statement:
This morning in Tallahassee, I spoke before our state Senate on a subject that has become all too familiar to Florida—the right to vote and to have that vote count as [...]

Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Florida) addressed the legislature in Tallahassee yesterday. Here’s what he had to say:
Tallahassee, FL - U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) today addressed the entire Florida State House of Representatives on issues including the economy and the mortgage crisis, the environment, health insurance, and the need to work collaboratively on a national [...]

JACKSONVILLE- A major gift that will benefit hundreds of low-income families and hundreds of families who have adopted children in Duval County was announced today by the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Families in the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program and families who have recently adopted children [...]

The Internal Revenue Service now has a calculator on its site that will tell you if you qualify for the economic stimulus refund scheduled to be made in May. The calculator also tells you how much you can expect to get.
Go to www.irs.gov and look for the link “Economic Stimulus Payment Calculator.” You’ll [...]

Jacksonville
Regular
Mid
Premium
Diesel
 

Current
$3.292
$3.566
$3.632
$4.052

Yesterday
$3.290
$3.564
$3.630
$4.053

Month Ago
$3.140
$3.401
$3.464
$3.524

Year Ago
$2.540
$2.751
$2.802
$2.744

Highest Recorded Price:

Regular Unl.
$3.295
3/17/2008

Dsl.
$4.053
3/20/2008

Thanks [...]

A Florida TaxWatch Research Report released yesterday recommends that the Legislature consider reinstating the civil-filing-fee waiver for persons of indigent status. The report, Charging Indigent Floridians Civil Court Filing Fees Raises Questions of Cost Efficiency and Equal Access to the Florida Court System, concludes that the waiver system may be more cost-effective than the [...]

Florida’s deteriorating fiscal condition took center stage again this week. The state’s Consensus Estimating Conference revised its forecast of Florida’s general revenue collections and the economists reduced their revenue estimates for FY 2007-08 and FY 2008-09 by a combined $2.945 billion–$1 billion in the current year and $2 billion for next year.
The $27.5 billion [...]