Miami and Jacksonville are both called “sinkhole cities,” graded as a “D” on a scale ranging from “A” to “F.” Miami, at 67th in the country, has a per capita fiscal burden of $13,400 per resident. The city would need $2.3 billion to get out of the hole. Nearly $2.28 billion is obligated to pension and retiree health care costs.
The drowning happened just before midnight Wednesday, Feb. 12, in an apartment community near Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Street ...
After 14 years, a Miami-based restaurant chain known for its Cuban and Latin-inspired food has abruptly closed all its Jacksonville restaurants.
Four Florida cities placed high on WalletHub's list — Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa and Orlando. WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities with six overall categories, including credit scores and ...
The ticket was purchased at a Gate convenience store on Collins Road in Jacksonville and the station gets a $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket, officials said. The game launched with two top prizes of $25 million — “largest ever offered on a Florida Scratch-Off game” — and one remains. Odds of winning $25 million are 1 in 21,920,355.
“Jacksonville has the third-most financially distressed residents in the country, this is evident from the fact that nearly 16% of its residents are having accounts in distress, the highest percentage in the nation, along with the highest number of distressed accounts per person,” the WalletHub analysis concluded.
The housing market in South Florida has grown weaker and condos are only partly to blame, a Redfin economist said.
In this conversation, Jacksonville Business Journal Editor-in-Chief James Cannon invites City Year Jacksonville Executive Director Allishia Bauman to share how her team is making a difference.
To determine cities people are in the most financial distress, WalletHub compared the 100 largest American cities in six overall categories:
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