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Often sedated as he lies in a hospital bed more than 1,000 miles from home, Jim Foley faces a long, pain-filled road to recovery including the daunting prospect of multiple surgeries after he was run down as he slept inside a tent at an Iowa campground during a cross-state bicycle touring event last month.
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Four of six Duval School Board members Tuesday disagreed with Superintendent Nikolai Vitti over whether Northwestern Middle School should house the Young Men’s Leadership Academy next year.
They also debated with Vitti about setting higher goals for academic performance so that achievement gaps between disadvantaged students, such as black or Hispanic students and those with disabilities, would narrow compared to the performance of more advantaged students, such at white, Asian American or gifted students.

Jacksonville’s City Council agreed Tuesday to contribute $162,500 to a fundraising drive to buy a Spanish-American War fort in Arlington that conservationists want to donate to the National Park Service.
Fort backers still have to raise another $72,500 to reach the $400,000 price the North Florida Land Trust negotiated last year with the investor who bought the 3-acre site at a tax-deed auction.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is receiving a gift of about $5.8 million in artwork by Joan Mitchell, Philip Guston, Joel Shapiro, Frank Stella, Keith Haring, Malcom Morley, Jasper Johns and more from 12-year trustee Maria Cox.
The museum, a cultural institute of the University of North Florida, announced the donation of The Donald and Maria Cox Collection late Tuesday.
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After the polls close Aug. 30, Jacksonville will know whether Mayor Lenny Curry’s proposed half-cent sales tax for the city’s massive pension debt has carried the day or fallen short of convincing voters that it’s the right strategy for sky-rocketing pension costs.
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After the polls close Aug. 30, Jacksonville will know whether Mayor Lenny Curry’s proposed half-cent sales tax for the city’s massive pension debt has carried the day or fallen short of convincing voters that it’s the right strategy for sky-rocketing pension costs.
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Jacksonville’s City Council agreed Tuesday to contribute $162,500 to a fundraising drive to buy a Spanish-American War fort in Arlington that conservationists want to donate to the National Park Service.
The fort’s backers still have to raise another $72,500 to reach the $400,000 price the North Florida Land Trust negotiated last year with the investor who bought the 3-acre site at a tax-deed auction.
read more

The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is receiving a gift of about $5.8 million in artwork by Joan Mitchell, Philip Guston, Joel Shapiro, Frank Stella, Keith Haring, Malcom Morley, Jasper Johns and more from 12-year trustee Maria Cox.
The museum, a cultural institute of the University of North Florida, announced the donation of The Donald and Maria Cox Collection late Tuesday.
read more

Four of six Duval School Board members Tuesday disagreed with Superintendent Nikolai Vitti over whether Northwestern Middle School should house the Young Men’s Leadership Academy next year.
They also debated with Vitti about setting higher goals for academic performance so that achievement gaps between disadvantaged students, such as black or Hispanic students and those with disabilities, would narrow compared to the performance of more advantaged students, such at white, Asian American or gifted students.

Often sedated as he lies in a hospital bed more than 1,000 miles from home, Jim Foley faces a long, pain-filled road to recovery including the daunting prospect of multiple surgeries after he was run down as he slept inside a tent at an Iowa campground during a cross-state bicycle touring event last month.
read more