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Hear from a 14-year-old St. Augustine High School student is headed to Portugal next year to represent the USA and Florida at the Dance World Cup. Also: will November’s elections arrive without any debates for statewide candidates?

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A new tool from the City of Jacksonville and a local legal aid organization seeks to arm renters with more information, and a new investment from St. Johns County marks the latest in the effort to bring the state’s future Black History Museum to Northeast Florida.

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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority plans to lay off nearly 200 employees and reduce bus service as it works to close a $39 million budget gap. The agency will also end Skyway operations and discontinue its autonomous NAVI van service. Plus, Florida’s minimum wage is set to reach $15 an hour at the end of September, completing a voter-approved increase that began in 2021.

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Today, the future of Flock license plate reader cameras on St. Johns County roads are debated between the sheriff and commissioners. And, parts of the USS Jacksonville submarine have arrived in the city as restoration begins ahead of its planned display on the Northbank.

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Faith and civic leaders are calling for accountability from the Nassau County School District following a racial misunderstanding at a volleyball match between Fernandina Beach High School and Andrew Jackson High School last week. Nassau school officials say student behavior involving a Black baby doll and chants toward Jackson players was inappropriate, while reports of racial slurs have not been confirmed. Also, Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Bernier is meeting with students and staff at Baldwin Middle-Senior High School after Principal Michael Smith was reassigned following the discovery of a gun in his vehicle on campus.

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Jacksonville officials are set to consider more than $70 million in incentives for two Gateway Jax projects downtown, including a proposed Riverfront Plaza tower and the renovation of the former Ambassador Hotel. Also, a federal watchdog report finds problems with standards, living conditions and medical care at the now-closed immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which was known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Nassau and Duval County school officials are investigating reports of an alleged racist incident at a high school volleyball game involving Fernandina Beach and Andrew Jackson last week. Also, the CDC says a nationwide cyclospora outbreak linked to contaminated lettuce is over, after more than 500 confirmed cases were reported in Florida.

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Two major projects that could reshape Jacksonville’s downtown skyline are moving closer to construction, after receiving conceptual approval from the Downtown Development Review Board. Plus, 25 years after the September 11 attacks, a Florida State University history professor discusses how educators are teaching a defining moment in American history to a generation that knows it largely as history rather than lived experience.

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A Jacksonville City Council member is pushing to restore $4.9 million for an affordable housing trust fund that was removed from the city's proposed budget. Also, today is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, Florida Public Radio Emergency Network meteorologist Megan Borowski explains why the season could remain quiet.

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Jacksonville’s teachers union is facing a recertification election after failing to meet a required membership threshold. Also, fuel prices have spiked overnight in Florida following the Labor Day weekend.

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