Archive for March 2008

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Free Jax zoo passes for needy families

JACKSONVILLE- A major gift that will benefit hundreds of low-income families and hundreds of families who have adopted children in Duval County was announced today by the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Families in the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program and families who have recently adopted children through Family [...]

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Economic stimulus refund

The Internal Revenue Service now has a calculator on its site that will tell you if you qualify for the economic stimulus refund scheduled to be made in May. The calculator also tells you how much you can expect to get.
Go to www.irs.gov and look for the link “Economic Stimulus Payment Calculator.” You’ll need [...]

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Friday gas price update

Jacksonville
Regular
Mid
Premium
Diesel
 

Current
$3.292
$3.566
$3.632
$4.052

Yesterday
$3.290
$3.564
$3.630
$4.053

Month Ago
$3.140
$3.401
$3.464
$3.524

Year Ago
$2.540
$2.751
$2.802
$2.744

 

Highest Recorded Price:

Regular Unl.
$3.295
3/17/2008

Dsl.
$4.053
3/20/2008

Thanks [...]

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Court filing fees for indigents

A Florida TaxWatch Research Report released yesterday recommends that the Legislature consider reinstating the civil-filing-fee waiver for persons of indigent status. The report, Charging Indigent Floridians Civil Court Filing Fees Raises Questions of Cost Efficiency and Equal Access to the Florida Court System, concludes that the waiver system may be more cost-effective than the current [...]

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Legislature Passes $512 in Budget Cuts, More Coming

Florida’s deteriorating fiscal condition took center stage again this week. The state’s Consensus Estimating Conference revised its forecast of Florida’s general revenue collections and the economists reduced their revenue estimates for FY 2007-08 and FY 2008-09 by a combined $2.945 billion–$1 billion in the current year and $2 billion for next year.
The $27.5 billion estimate [...]

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