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Federal prosecutors have elicited witness testimony since the summer about the controversial death of a 31-year-old father at the Duval County jail, according to copies of nearly a dozen grand jury subpoenas The Tributary obtained through a public-records request.

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Unless there is a last-minute snag, Manny Diaz will become the latest Republican politician and ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis installed as president of a Florida university.

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JSO has not yet begun an internal affairs investigation following the death of 31-year-old Charles Faggart, another loose thread in a slow-moving series of investigations surrounding the controversial death.

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Florida wipes ‘culture,’ ‘diversity’ and other terms from UNF teacher-education courses

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JSO officers inconsistently document when they use force against civilians in the streets and in the county jail, a phenomenon driven in part by a vague policy that gives officers broad discretion to decide when to report.

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A culture of fear has persisted at a Florida nuclear power plant owned and operated by the state’s largest utility, according to a federal inspection report completed last fall.

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After video from William McNeil's arrest went viral from being pulled over for driving without his headlights on, The Tributary found the violation is seldom used, but when it is deployed it's used disproportionately against Black drivers.

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After Susie Wiles, the chief of staff to President Trump, told The Tributary the proposed trade of 600 acres in the Guana River Wildlife Management Area to a private developer was an “outrageous” land grab, state officials said the idea had been pulled from consideration

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A little-known consulting firm with ties to a prominent Jacksonville business leader landed a $78 million contract earlier to provide a raft of services at “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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A seven-month Tributary investigation of Kenneth Hartley’s case revealed a death penalty prosecution marred by critical omissions about the linchpin state witness and other questionable decisions and practices.

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2025 has truly been wonderful to me (hell yeah year of the snake), I'm also a Lone Star Emmy nominee with my extremely talented former colleague Amanda McCoy for a project we did before I left Fort Worth: youtu.be/B4bd6XF1LrU?...

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