A poll from Dixie Strategies taken on behalf of First Coast News found the Jacksonville mayoral race to be close.
Duval County Tax Collector Mike Hogan, a Republican, leads with 49 percent with former Al Gore aide Alvin Brown, a Democrat, taking 43 percent.
More than 50 percent of those surveyed are undecided on who they were backing to replace Hogan as Duval County tax collector, while former Rep. Dick Kravitz took 30 percent and City Councilman Michael Corrigan had the backing of 19 percent. The elections will take place on Tuesday.
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Environmental groups are surveying the damage done by this years legislative session, and saying it was one of the worst sessions for the environment in recent memory.
The Republican-dominated Legislature approved a raft of bills that generally favor developers over environmental protections in the name of reducing bureaucratic red tape and increasing jobs.
Responding to an industry group's call for Gov. Rick Scott to approve the $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train, opponents of the project say the numbers don't add up for taxpayers.
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When you get into discussions about the Middle East with certain people, you start hearing that the great mistake was the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. If that had somehow just not happened, you hear, everything would be all right.
To prepare for a hurricane season, homeowners typically buy shutters, stock up on batteries and water and recheck the generator.
Property insurers, on the other hand, need to stock up on cash.
Three weeks before the official start of the hurricane season, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run company and Florida's largest insurer with 1.3 million policies, is set to borrow nearly $1 billion to bulk up its surplus in case of a hard-hitting storm.
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced on Wednesday that he was officially running for the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich released a video on Wednesday in which he touched on his record and his work with Ronald Reagans administration during the 1980s.
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