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A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

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On Wednesday afternoon, Jacksonville City Council members convened to discuss a recurrent topic: enforcing regulations in Hemming Park. The so-called “front door to city hall” has encountered challenges of late, with the most recent narrative twist being the mayor’s office saying last week that it was time that the “Friends of Hemming Park” experiment end. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

The Jacksonville Journey is in line to receive almost a million dollars in federal money, via a bill that passed Finance — the third and final Council committee to consider it — on Wednesday. This grant was first announced in the Jax Journey Oversight Committee meeting in late September. The two-year grant facilitates data analysis regarding the best way […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

On Wednesday, the Finance Committee of the Jacksonville City Council became the third and final committee to approve revisions to the Tourist Development Council schematic. The bill was approved 5-1, with Aaron Bowman in dissent. A sticking point in committees in previous days was a provision in the bill that the current and most recent council […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

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Sen. Marco Rubio has spent the last six years maligning Cuba policy from the Barack Obama White House. He’s not expecting to have to do the same regarding Donald Trump, however. After a meeting with Cuban dissident Guillermo “Coco” Farinas Tuesday, Rubio issued a statement, noting that “rolling back President Obama’s one-sided concessions to the Castro regime, a key campaign promise shared […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

The major conflict in Jacksonville politics right now: negotiations between Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and the heads of various public sector unions. Curry wants to move the unions beyond defined benefit “dinosaur” plans, offering raises for current workers, assurances that their plans won’t change, and bonuses for the current employees. The unions are reluctant to move […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

The inaugural committee for Donald Trump has a Florida feel, with the president-elect tapping two prominent Floridians to serve as its finance vice chairs. Trump tapped former Ambassador Mel Sembler and Brian Ballard to serve as vice chairs of his inaugural committee. The two men join more than a dozen other high profile Trump supporters […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

At a press availability Tuesday afternoon across the street from the Cleveland Arms apartment complex, a group of Jacksonville City Council members united to declare that enough is enough when it comes to gun violence. To that end, they are proposing solutions to an epidemic that has seen multiple people shot — most in Northwest Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

Criminal history has often disqualified reformed felons from large swaths of the job market. However, Jacksonville business leaders are looking to rectify that injustice. “Project Open Door,” announced Tuesday at the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, asserts companies will not ask about a job applicant’s arrest record until the interview process. This, akin to the “Ban […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

Justice was delayed for an important member of Jacksonville’s city government. But on Monday, it was finally delivered, as one of the most honorable people in City Hall was cleared of what were ultimately spurious charges. Last year, a report from the Jacksonville City Council auditor’s office implied Kerri Stewart, the chief of staff for […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

A weekend of gunplay in Jacksonville, with multiple murders, found its sorriest lowlight with the killing of an infant near the Cleveland Arms apartment complex Sunday. On Tuesday morning, the Baptist Ministers Alliance held a presser at that complex, addressing the murders over the weekend. Cleveland Arms is no stranger to violence or community demonstrations after […]

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Buccaneers QB Teddy Bridgewater. Image via AP.

Uncertainty over Hemming Park’s future pervades discussion of park rules

Million-dollar Jax Journey grant clears final council committee

Duval County TDC tweaks clear final Jacksonville City Council committee

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump find common ground on Cuba

Americans for Prosperity issues call to action on Jacksonville pension debt

Donald Trump presidential inaugural committee has a Florida feel

Jacksonville City Council members grapple with recent wave of gun violence

Jacksonville biz leaders kick off ‘Project Open Door’

Kerri Stewart cleared of ethics charges

Ministers talk weekend violence at Cleveland Arms presser