JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — There will be a joint news conference between the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars announcing a new stadium name at 3 p.m

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The property tax rate for Jacksonville homeowners will increase by a maximum of 9 percent next year, if the City Council approves its Finance Committee’s unanimous vote on Tuesday. The committee backed Mayor John Peyton’s request for the rate hike, which would allow the city to maintain the amount of money it takes in from property taxes.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayor John Peyton has submitted his final budget to the city council touting the $995 million budget as one that is the result of “difficult conversations” and “difficult decisions.”

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The last budget Mayor John Peyton takes to the City Council may be the most anticlimactic of all. Peyton, with whiteboard in tow, has been talking for months to anyone whod listen about how the city needs to expand its revenue and cut expenses to make the it financially stable. The mayor who came into office in 2003 on a pledge of not raising taxes will ask for the second consecutive 9 percent …

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The last budget Mayor John Peyton takes to the City Council may be the most anticlimactic of all. Peyton, with whiteboard in tow, has been talking for months to anyone whod listen about how the city needs to expand its revenue and cut expenses to make it financially stable.

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The last budget Mayor John Peyton takes to the City Council may be the most anticlimactic of all. Peyton, with whiteboard in tow, has been talking for months to anyone whod listen about how the city needs to expand its revenue and cut expenses to make it financially stable. The mayor who came into office in 2003 on a pledge of not raising taxes will ask for the second consecutive 9 percent …

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2 cents In a followup to the Draft Tebow bumper stickers, a Jacksonville Beach business is selling Jags Stay in Jax bumper stickers. Heres an opportunity for a capitalist endeavor to go hand-in-hand with a grassroots effort for the city. Two versions of the bumper sticker were sent to the Times-Union last week

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Dear Call Box: A few years ago there was a news item about measuring posts being placed around the city. These would give an idea of the water levels in a certain area if a hurricane hit Jacksonville

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