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3 weeks ago | news4jax.com | Jim Turner |Jim Saunders |Brianna Andrews

Published: June 4, 2025 at 6:08 AMSign up for our NewslettersPublished: June 4, 2025 at 6:08 AMNeeding to finish a budget for the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the House and Senate on Tuesday began slowly rolling out proposals to resolve spending and policy differences. Lawmakers returned to the Capitol for conference-committee negotiations after a month-long impasse that focused, in part, on disputes about tax cuts.

3 weeks ago | news4jax.com | Jim Saunders |Brianna Andrews

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s state budget talks are back on after weeks of gridlock. Lawmakers are back in Tallahassee on Tuesday and hope to reach a deal before a looming deadline, the start of the fiscal year on July 1. Nearly a month after leaving the Capitol without passing a budget, House and Senate leaders said Friday night they had reached an agreement that will clear the way for lawmakers to begin hammering out details of a spending plan Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | news4jax.com | Brianna Andrews

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Summer break is here, but learning doesn’t have to stop. The Jacksonville Public Library is hosting its free Summer Learning Program through August 2 to help children stay engaged and prevent the “summer slide”—the loss of academic progress that can occur when students don’t read during the summer. The program combines reading goals with hands-on activities designed to stimulate young minds.

3 weeks ago | news4jax.com | Rory Thompson |Brianna Andrews

Published: June 1, 2025 at 1:09 PMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – June is Black Music Month, and a new concert series will bring live music to Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing Park in Jacksonville’s historic LaVilla neighborhood. The Pop-Out is a concert series that runs throughout the month of June, bringing local and regional Black musical acts to the River City. The concert series is curated by Larry Love & Love Creates and presented by VyStar Credit Union, Placemaking Jax, Vibrant Places Collective, & Jax Parks.

4 weeks ago | news4jax.com | Brianna Andrews

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When disaster strikes, UF Health Jacksonville doesn’t hesitate to act. At the center of the hospital’s emergency response is one woman known simply as “Disaster Jen.”“So, I’m Disaster Jen, the disaster manager. And my name is Jennifer. A couple of years ago, someone coined that nickname—and it stuck,” said Jennifer Silvey Cason, emergency preparedness manager at UF Health Jacksonville.