Political Florida

200 New Full-Time Jobs Coming to Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- 200 new jobs will be available in Jacksonville, the CEO of Florida Blue announced Wednesday morning.

Novitas Solutions Incorporated is hiring after getting a Medicare administrative contract for 7 states. The company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida Blue, already had a contract for 4 states and Washington, D.C.

Novitas Solutions processes Medicare claims, handles customer service inquiries, reviews and processes appeals and conducts medical reviews.

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New Storms Are Forming

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Clouds from storms south of us dampaned the potential for t-storms earlier today. However new t-storms are now forming well to our west and they may impact some of us later tonight.

Increasing northeast winds will modify the afternoon heat by the weekend.

 

 

Jacksonville Sharks To Honor Military At Saturday's Game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sharks will pay tribute to all active and retired members of the military during this Saturday's 7 p.m. home game at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

Active and retired military and their families will be able to get buy one get one free tickets to the game with a current military ID.

Sharks players will be wearing camoflauge jerseys during the game and will be auctioning them off afterward, with all proceeds going to benefit the Armed Forces Family Foundation.

As an additional fundraiser to benefit the AFFF,  the Sharks will also be selling $2 commemorative military T-shirts, with all proceeds going to the AFFF.

For more information, visit the Sharks website.

 

Mitt Romney To Make Campaign Stop In Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- GOP nominee Mitt Romney will be campaigning in Jacksonville on Thursday.

Romney will hold an event at River City Brewing Company, located at 835 Museum Circle in downtown Jacksonville. Doors open at 1 p.m. and the program is scheduled to begin around 2 p.m.

To RSVP for the event, or if you have any questions, email TeamFL@mittromney.com or call (904) 325-6089.

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City Misses $1.6 Million in Parking Tickets Because of Computer Glitch

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Thousands of first coast drivers are just now getting parking tickets from years ago.

Last week, Lisa Crawford received a $63 bill for an unpaid $20 parking ticket - dated September 2011.

"It was very frightening because it said it could impound my car, and I look at September and I'm like, oh my God I'm on borrowed time," Crawford said.

The notice Crawford received from the City of Jacksonville's collection agency was one of 24,000 sent out in the past few weeks, according to the city's public parking officer Jack Shad.

Crawford's bill was a tiny part of $1.6 million in fines the city hadn't reported to the collection agency because they didn't realize they were missing.

"Some people were talking about how they were getting letters that the ticket went back three to five years," Crawford said.
 
The city now expects those fines to be paid.

How Term Limits Could Affect Duval's Constitutional Officers

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Duval Clerk of Courts Jim Fuller is preparing to move into the new courthouse, but doesn't know if a recent Florida Supreme Court ruling will allow him to serve as clerk.

"I'm letting the general counsel handle that for me. Just trying to figure everything out," he said.

Fuller, now in his third term as Clerk of Courts, has already qualified for the fall elections. But last week, the Florida Supreme Court ruled constitutional officers like him are subject to term limits.

Attorney Lindsey Brock's law firm sued the City of Jacksonville in the late '90s to stop term limits on the Clerk of the Courts office and won.

"Now they've looked at it again and said we think we got it wrong back then," said Brock.

Brock said the recent ruling was focused on Broward County, but when the court included charter counties like Duval and Clay, it re-instated term limits -- basically two terms and you're out.

United Way of Northeast Florida Honors Local Business

The United Way of Northeast Florida has awarded the inaugural Corporate Engagement Award to MSC Care Management for excellence in employee engagement and community service in areas impacting education, income and health. It was presented recently at the United Way Sponsorship Breakfast at the Omni Hotel.