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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel’s Jim Crow-Like Apartheid

November 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Ta-Nehisi Coates (Wikimedia Commons)

Aware of the racism that surrounds him as a Black American, Coates can imagine himself as both Palestinian and Israeli. This generosity of imagination does not prevent critical analysis. His accounts of life in the occupied West Bank underline the reality that Israel has imposed a regime that is effectively based on the subordination and dispossession of Palestinians – and a deliberate attempt, he writes, to deny any possibility of a genuine two-state solution.

Texas Board of Education Approves Curriculum Heavy on Christianity

November 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings. Critics, which included religious studies scholars, say the curriculum’s lessons allude to Christianity more than any other religion, which they say could lead to the bullying and isolation of non-Christian students, undermine church-state separation and grant the state far-reaching control over how children learn about religion.

Biden Approved Florida a Year Ago To Be 1st Canadian Drug Import State. DeSantis Hasn’t Made It Happen.

November 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing the Canadian-import program in January. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Nearly a year after the Biden administration gave Florida the green light to become the first state to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada — a longtime goal of politicians across the political spectrum, including President-elect Donald Trump — the program has yet to begin. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hailed the FDA’s approval of his plan in January, calling it a victory over the drug industry. But he did nothing to advance the plan.

Qualifying for Gaetz Seat Ends Dec. 6, Primary Is Jan. 28

November 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, by DonkeyHotey.

The special primary election for Congressional District 1 will take place on Jan. 28 and a special general election will occur on April 1, Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced Friday. The qualifying period for the race will run from Dec. 5 at 8 a.m. through noon on Dec. 6.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, November 23, 2024

November 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Why Democrats lost on inflation by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley and Acting Police Chief Lance Blanchette, Gamble Jam, reflections on parking lots, Elizabeth Kolbert, Earth’s genetically modified environment.

Help FDLE Find Samantha Fiddler

November 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Samantha Fiddler.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) continues to pursue leads into the 2016 disappearance of Samantha Fiddler and hopes the public can help solve the mystery. Fiddler was last seen in Bartow on November 19, 2016. She was 29 years old when she vanished.

Florida Surgeon general Calls for End to Fluoride in Drinking Water

November 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. (The Florida Channel)

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo — echoing viewpoints propagated by Robert F. Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to become the nation’s chief health official — recommended against community fluoridation of drinking water Friday. The recommendation runs counter to public health officials and dentists.

12-Year-Old Palm Coast Girl Faces Felony Over Death Threats in Fight Over a Boy

November 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A week after an 11-year-old Virginia boy was sentenced in county court for making a series of threats that disrupted multiple schools for several days running, a 12-year-old Palm Coast girl was arrested on charges of threatening to kill another child in a dispute over a boy, using SnapChat to convey the threats. No school was involved in the latest incident.

Drug Court Graduation During Addict’s Murder Trial Draws Thin Line Between Abyss and Recovery

November 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Brenna Cronin, one of four Drug Court graduates at Thursday's ceremony, as she addressed the audience while Retired Judge Terence Perkins held her son. (© FlaglerLive)

Four participants in Flagler County’s Drug Court graduated Thursday in a ceremony presided over by Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols, with Retired Judge Terence Perkins, in unique circumstances: the ceremony took place in the same courtroom where a murder trial was ongoing, with the jury deliberating over the fate of a drug abuser and dealer, whose shot of fentanyl killed another man. The juxtaposition of the two events sharpened the thin line between loss and recovery for substance abusers.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, November 22, 2024

November 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

We All Go Back To Our Political Silos by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

Flagler County’s cold-weather shelter opens tonight, Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, the JFK assassination.

Is Marco Rubio NATO’s New Best Friend?

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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While Rubio has clearly changed his tune on Ukraine to align with Trump, he is not in lockstep with Trump on Nato. In fact, Rubio co-sponsored legislation alongside Democratic senator Tim Kaine, that would make it more difficult for Trump to withdraw from Nato by requiring two-thirds of the Senate to ratify withdrawal.

Palm Coast Fire Department Wins Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Grant

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast Fire Department is now better equipped to keep community members safe thanks to a Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant. The $34,881 grant was used to purchase Polaris Ranger Crew XP1000 with Light Kit, Siren, PA System, Skid, Poly sport roof, and accessories fulfilling a critical need within the department.

Found Guilty, Brian Pirraglia Is Sentenced to Life in Prison for Brian O’Shea’s Death by Fentanyl, a First in Flagler

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Brian Pirraglia getting fingerprinted immediately after trial, in his last minutes wearing civilian clothes. He will not get to do so for the rest of his life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury found Brian Piraglia, 42, of Palm Coast, guilty of murdering Brian O’Shea, 39, whom he called his best friend, by injecting him with a fatal dose of fentanyl in 2022. Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols immediately sentenced him to life in prison–a first in Flagler County history for such cases. O’Shea’s mother and sister reflected on the trial and the loss of their son and brother afterward.

Why Palm Coast’s Debt Referendum Failed

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast's vaunted Southern Recreation Center, like the tennis center that surrounds it, like all of the city's parks and facilities such as the Community Center and its fire houses, were built on a pay-as-you-go basis, without debt. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s debt referendum failed because it was deceptive and unnecessary. The city has several options to raise new revenue. It refuses to tap them. Enabling debt is not a solution. It’s a pander to the local chamber and private companies seeking to use city taxpayers as collateral for their projects.

Wawa Opens 2nd Flagler County Store on Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive Friday

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast's second Wawa is opening Friday at Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive. (© FlaglerLive)

Wawa, the national convenience store chain with a strangely fervent following, is opening its second Palm Coast store and gas station Friday morning, on Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive. The store was built on the 2.5 acres formerly occupied by the Paul Katz office building, one of the many landmarks of Palm Coast’s earlier days as an ITT project that have been leveled to make room for housing or commercial redevelopments.

How a New Generation of Telescopes Will Probe ‘Unknown Unknowns’

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Illustration of the Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in Chile’s Atacama desert. (ESO, CC BY)

All observatories have a list of science objectives before they switch on, but it is their unexpected discoveries that can have the biggest impact. Many surprise advances in cosmology were driven by new technology, and the next telescopes have powerful capabilities.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, November 21, 2024

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Trumps Cabinet Picks A Joke by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop to discuss its beach management plan, Flagler Tiger Bay Club welcomes Carlos M. Cruz, Voltaire’s daddy issues on his 330th birthday.

On Voltaire’s Birthday, a Look Back at Candide, Tale of Human Folly in Times of Crisis

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

If AI didn't exist, it would have had to be invented. Largillierre's 1728 portrait of Voltaire. (Wikimedia Commons)

Voltaire’s Candide, or Optimism (1759) is widely recognised as his masterpiece. A darkly satirical novella taking aim at human folly, pride and excessive faith in reason’s ability to plumb the deepest metaphysical truths, it remains as telling in this era of pandemics and wild conspiracy theories as when first published.

St. Johns Clerk Hosts National Adoption Day Celebration on Nov. 22

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The St. Johns County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller’s office will host a special ceremony on Friday, Nov. 22, at 10 a.m. to celebrate National Adoption Day. The event will be held at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center, marking the culmination of a long adoption process for six local children joining their forever families.

State School Board Targets Parents Whose Children Report Unfounded Threats

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Reporting bogus threats in schools can lead to arrest. (© FlaglerLive)

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved a rule change that will require school districts to make training available to parents and guardians on the use of FortifyFL, an app where anonymous tips can be submitted about suspicious activities. Students already receive such training.

Now Up to Jury to Decide If Brian Pirraglia Deserves Life in Prison for Overdose Death of ‘Best Friend’

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Brian Pirraglia with his attorney, Peterson. (© FlaglerLive)

After three days of trial that ended short of a verdict this afternoon at the Flagler County courthouse, a 12-member jury will deliberate Thursday morning on the first-degree murder charge against Brian Pirraglia, 39, in the death-by fentanyl of 38-year-old Brian O’Shea in their B-Section house in Palm Coast in 2022. If convicted, Pirraglia faces life in prison.

FPC Bulldogs Were Robbed of a Crucial Down in What Had Been a Winning Drive. Principal Reacts.

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A screen capture of the third-down play the referees declared to be fourth down, robbing the Flagler Palm Coast High School Bulldogs of a chance to complete a inning drive and continue their quest for a championship. (WNZF)

Last Friday the Flagler Palm Coast High School Bulldogs appear to have been robbed of a final down, ending what had been been a winning drive in a playoff football game against Spruce Creek High School. Instead, they lost. FPC Principal Bobby Bossardet reflects.

A School Board of New Faces Is Seated, Giving Will Furry Chairmanship for 2nd Year

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The School Board with three new members was seated Tuesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

For the second time in two years, three of the five Flagler County School Board seats turned over to new members as Janie Ruddy, Lauren Ramirez and Derek Barrs were sworn-in Tuesday evening. Will Furry was named chair again, and Christy Chong named vice chair for the second year.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, November 20, 2024

November 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gaetz IS the Law by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

The Flagler County Public Library Book Club takes on David Von Drehle, Bridge and Games at Flagler Woman’s Club, the United Nation’s report on genocide in Gaza and apartheid in Jerusalem and the West Bank, which most media in the United States have not reported.

What James Earl Jones Can Teach Us About Activism and Art

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Great White Hope’ in December 1968.

James Earl Jones was looking to change the culture. He was trying to change the country’s understanding of what it means to fight – and what a freedom fighter is. Sometimes, activism can be as simple as making art to the best of your abilities – or, as W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “to use beauty to set the world right.”

Advise and Consent. Just Not to Matt Gaetz.

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Matt Gaetz is virtually no one’s idea of a qualified nominee. The man is a graduate of William and Mary Law School, a fact that must have the ghost of Thomas Jefferson pulling out his sepulchral hair. He practiced law for less than two years in a civil firm, has no criminal law experience and was briefly suspended for not paying certain administrative fees but was later reinstated.

Craig Flagler Palms Hosts 20th Annual Candlelight Service of Remembrance

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home, Memorial Gardens & Crematory hosts the 20th annual Candlelight Service of Remembrance on Sunday, December 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Garden of Memory Mausoleum. The event is held to help those that have lost loved ones cope with the loss during the holiday season.

Richardson, Carney and Pennington Make History on County Commission, and Dance Is Acclaimed Chair Again

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The commissioners sign their oath of office before Judge Melissa Distler. From left, Pam Richardson, Kim Carney and Andy Dance. Leann Pennington is behind the judge. (© FlaglerLive)

There was history this evening at the Flagler County Commission: Sworn-in on the silver spine of a Hebrew Bible, Kim Carney and Pam Richardson joined Leann Pennington, who was elected two years ago, to form the first majority-woman commission in the county’s 107-year history. There was also acclamation as Andy Dance was re-elected chair.

Norris, Miller and Stevens Sworn-In as Palm Coast Council and City Begin Uncharted Era

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Mayor Mike Norris taking the oath of office this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

A new Palm Coast City Council, anchored in the intently precedent-breaking mayorship of Mike Norris, was seated this morning amid the cheers and encouragements of a sizable crowd as Ty Miller and Ray Stevens joined the mayor on the dais alongside Theresa Pontieri and Charles Gambaro. With notable pockets of reserve, not just among city staffers and directors, the audience was mostly triumphal ahead of an uncharted future.

Developer of Disputed 204-Boat Storage Facility on Scenic A1A Must Apply for Special Exception, County Rules

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission Monday evening rejected a settlement agreement recommended by its own attorney to end the four-year-old dispute with a developer who wants to build a restaurant and 204-boat dry-storage facility in the Scenic A1A corridor. What would be called Hammock Harbor is a planned  dry-storage marina, or warehouse, as the developer himself had described it in an early building plan, and as its opponents still describe it. A lawsuit by the developer is likely.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, November 19, 2024

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Elon Musk Celebrates Trump Victory by R.J. Matson, Portland, Maine.

A day of swearings-in at the Palm Coast City Council, the County Commission and the School Board, a Fall Horticultural Workshops at the Palm Coast Community Center, Colleen Conklin’s last interview, Geoffrey Ward’s “Tiger in the Road.”

One More Delusion: Trump Thinks He Can Solve the Middle East.

November 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Donald Trump has promised to end all wars. In his usual impulsive and unpredictable manner, he has pledged to resolve the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office and help Israel finish its Gaza and Lebanon operations quickly. Yet the Middle East is a complex place. Given the absence of a Gaza ceasefire, the thin hope of a halt to the Lebanon fighting, Netanyahu’s intransigence and Trump’s pursuance of an “Israel first” policy, the Middle East’s volatility is likely to persist.

Girlfriend Arrested on Aiding Flagler Jail Inmate Anthony Romine’s Escape in July

November 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Alicia Link.

Following a 3-month investigation into the escape of Anthony Romine, an inmate who was in the hospital after he faked an injury and escaped from custody and was recaptured hours later, his girlfriend, Alicia Link, has been arrested for aiding in his escape.

Veranda Bay Developer Lowers Total to 2,400 Housing Units, from 2,735, as Flagler Beach Weighs Annexation

November 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Veranda Bay is developing. The question is whether Flagler Beach will annex. (© FlaglerLive)

The developer of Veranda Bay is willing to lower the number of housing units to be built, from 2,735 to 2,400. It’s still a distance from where two Flagler Beach city commissioners want the number: from 1,800 to the “lower end of 2,000.” But it’s not an unbridgeable divide between the city and the developer, who is also willing to increase commercial acreage to 600,000 square feet.

Joe Mullins, Disgraced in Flagler County, Declares Run for Waltz’s Congressional Seat

November 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Joe Mullins, often painful to hear, speaking at a public meeting in 2019. (© FlaglerLive)

Joe Mullins, the former Flagler County Commissioner disgraced out of office two years ago after recurring scandals and outrageous behavior, including belligerently trying to get out of a traffic stop by telling a cop that he ran Flagler County, announced on Friday that he will run for the congressional seat Rep. Mike Waltz is vacating to join Donald Trump’s cabinet as national security adviser.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, November 18, 2024

November 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Still Learning From Mistakes by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop to discuss the case of developer Mark Langello’s impact fees, the Land Acquisition Committee meets, ghost guns and an epidemic of violence.

The Taliban’s Violent Erasure of Women Through Its ‘Vice and Virtue’ Law

November 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023.

A newly passed “vice and virtue” law is among the most repressive and discriminatory measures ever enacted by the Taliban, an Islamist fundamentalist group controlling Afghanistan. The new law seeks to completely silence women in public. They are prohibited from speaking, singing or praying aloud. The law also attempts to literally erase them from view, ordering women to cover every part of their body and face in public.

Florida Universities Are Cutting Ties to 7 ‘Countries of Concern’

November 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

UCF is going to have to take some of those down. (© FlaglerLive)

The state university system’s Board of Governors next week is scheduled to receive a report about the law, which targeted ties to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Syria. The law, in part, largely prevented state universities and colleges from participating in agreements or partnerships with schools based in the countries of concern.

Where Florida Went, The Nation Is About to Follow

November 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

American retro. (© FlaglerLive)

Goodbye to America defining itself as a Beacon of Hope, the Light of Freedom, or any of that other stuff they told you in 3rd grade: the rule of law, checks and balances, free speech, science-based health care, and son on: we saw it all in Florida. It was just prelude.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, November 17, 2024

November 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Filling Trump's cabinet by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Jake’s Women at City Repertory Theatre, a final matinee, the Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, John Oliver on the West Bank, and a look at “Welcome To Hell,” a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody.

Sewage and Fertilizer Threaten Florida Manatee’s Main Food Source, and Survival

November 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Researchers believe a decline in seagrass is leaving manatees malnourished.

Research shows manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past. This change occurred along Florida’s Atlantic coast during a period of extensive seagrass decline. This represents an emerging threat to the species’ survival.

Immunized Against Science: What Robert Kennedy Jr. as Health Chief Would Mean

November 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Should Kennedy win Senate confirmation, his critics say a radical antiestablishment medical movement with roots in past centuries would take power, threatening the achievements of a science-based public health order painstakingly built since World War II.

House Speaker Opposed to Releasing Matt Gaetz Ethics Report on Alleged Sexual Misconduct

November 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Matt gaetz. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is trying to put the brakes on a document that could harm Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General by preventing a report on Matt gaetz’s alleged sexual misconduct from being released to the Senate. before Gaetz’s confirmation hearing.

From Car Break-Ins When He Was 16 to Facing Decades in Prison at 21: The Violent Life of Jebea Johnson

November 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Two views of Jabea Johnson just two years apart. He turns 22 at the end of next month.

Jabea Johnson was 16 years old when he was among three juveniles arrested for a series of car break-ins in Palm Coast’s R Section, and for making fake crack cocaine in an attempt to sell it at profit. It was not his first arrest. It was far from his last.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, November 16, 2024

November 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Trump and Vance kidnapping Lady Liberty by Bart van Leeuwen, PoliticalCartoons.com

Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley, “Jake’s Women,” the Neil Simon play, at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Celine Dion singing Piaf at the Olympics: a rewind.

How Polls Did This Time

November 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Polls’ collective performance, while not stellar, was improved from that of four years earlier. Overall, polls signaled a close outcome in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. That is what the election produced: a modest win for Trump. Trump had received 50.1% of the popular vote to Harris’ 48.1%, a difference of 2 points. That margin was closer than Joe Biden’s win by 4.5 points over Trump in 2020. It was closer than Hillary Clinton’s popular vote victory in 2016.

Moby-Dick, The Book for Our Times

November 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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We can’t afford permanent enmity or exile from each other. Secession and civil war might be a nice distraction but consumer splurging suggests that’s not in the cards. So for all of us grass-leaved Americans, “Moby-Dick” is the book for us, in this moment, in this whale of whiteness delirium. “Moby-Dick” is our book of revelation.

Palm Coast Hosts Countywide Capital Improvement Project Summit

November 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The City of Palm Coast today hosted the fourth annual Countywide Capital Improvement Project Summit, uniting leaders from Flagler County, the cities of Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, and the town of Beverly Beach. The meeting took place at Palm Coast City Hall in the Community Wing.

In a Reversal, Flagler Beach Commission Declines to Raise Utility, Garbage and Stormwater Fees for Now

November 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler Beach's sanitation department is not generating enough fees to pay its bills, requiring the city to draw from the general fund to make up the difference. (© FlaglerLive)

After months of preparation, the Flagler Beach City Commission on Thursday, declined to raise water, sewer and sanitation rates 3.5 percent, what would have been in line with inflation, even though the funds are not self-sustaining without increases, and also declined to raise the stormwater rate a more significant 37 percent. Commissioner Jane Mealy is warning that the city is putting itself in a hole.

Flagler County’s Unemployment Stays at 4.4%, But Job-Holders Fall to Lowest Level Since February 2023

November 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Florida had a drop in private-sector employment in October in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, but the state’s unemployment rate remained at 3.3 percent for a seventh consecutive month. The Flagler County unemployment rate of 4.4 percent was unchanged for the third consecutive month.

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