House District 10 Republican nominee says he’ll guard his independence from House leaders instead of measuring success by the dollars he brings home Marshall Rawson thinks the job he is seeking has be…
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Bradford has lowest 12-month rainfall in St. Johns district; New River and upper Santa Fe flowing again BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com August rain helped, but not enough. Staff at both water man…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Union County School Board adopted a $53.2 million budget and a 5.451-mill property tax rate for 2026-27 on Sept. 8, closing out a spending plan built under sta…
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Board also adopts $771 million tentative budget BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Two weeks after a marathon meeting that drew hundreds of upset residents, Clay County commissioners reversed course…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Union County commissioners voted on Thursday, Sept. 10 to eliminate a planned 2% cost-of-living raise for county employees and to freeze unnecessary spending for t…
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Ricky Thompson spent 38 years keeping the lights on in Starke, then eight more years as the city's elected clerk. But at his memorial service Sept. 4, the family and friends who filled the DeWitt C. J…
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Starke city commissioners adopted a tentative property tax rate and a $61 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year Thursday, but not before a resident pressed them on unpaved roads and drainage prob…
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Starke city commissioners put off a decision Sept. 3 on whether to raise City Clerk Chrissy Thompson's salary to $80,000, voting to delay the matter until the full board can weigh in. Commissioner Bob…
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