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A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2018

With vote-by-mail underway and early in-person voting just a week away, the Second Chances Campaign announced a $5 million broadcast ad buy Monday. The pro-Amendment 4 group’s television and radio spots will include personal stories from reformed felons who are still denied spent, and from experts in favor of restoring civil rights for those who […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2018

On Monday, Northside Jacksonville’s A. Philip Randolph Career Academies saw Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry receive the U.S. Ambassador from the UAE, Yousef Al-Otaiba. Money was on the line. $2.775 million, to be exact (part of a $10 million grant to be divided between several cities hit hardest by Hurricane Irma.) Indeed, portions of this grant have already been delivered […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2018

On Monday morning, the first of three Jacksonville City Council committees of reference mulled a resolution of strong opposition to Amendment 1 on the 2018 ballot. The amendment would boost the homestead exemption by $25,000 to $75,000. City leaders have fretted about the impact to the city budget, reducing millage collections by $27.4 million. However, bill […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2018

While most of Jacksonville-area state House races are settled in the primary (by dint of gerrymandering), an exception is in the one true swing district: House District 15 on the Westside. With current Republican incumbent Jay Fant walking away this year, Democrat Tracye Polson and Republican Wyman Duggan are vying to replace him. Each week’s fundraising report has […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2018

In Northeast Florida, most of the live state House races and the only state Senate race are characterized by a fundamental cash disparity. Republicans have serious bank; Democrats are far behind. However, this most recently reported week saw Republicans coasting while Democrats actually won the weekly tally battle (even as cash-on-hand was less buoyant for […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

On Friday afternoon, Jimmy Patronis stood in front of the wreckage of his childhood memories and talked to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. A Panama City Beach native who represented the area in the state House before appointed last year to be the state’s Chief Financial Officer, Patronis used as a backdrop his storm-ravaged junior high school to address the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is guiding the capital city through post-storm recovery, but the Democratic gubernatorial nominee found some time Friday to talk with MSNBC’s Katy Tur. Unsurprisingly, the campaign came up. Turning to polling, Tur noted the race with Ron DeSantis is tightening according to recent individual surveys. While the Real Clear Politics average is a 3.7 point […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, the best fundraiser in Northeast Florida history, delivered a statement month in September, with the second best haul of his re-election bid. The first-term Republican raised $789,500 for his political committee (Jacksonville on the Rise), and another $26,600 for his campaign account. Curry, a former chair of the state GOP, is now […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, a first-term Democrat representing Florida’s 5th Congressional District, is no stranger to the counties of the district. That holds especially true for some of the most grievously storm-impacted areas, such as Leon and Gadsden counties, areas he has known since he was born. While Hurricane Michael made landfall in Bay County, the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2018

Jacksonville leaders may protest. But the move is non-negotiable. On Thursday, Moody’s downgraded $2.1 billion of Jacksonville debt, pinning a negative outlook on issues resulting from the city’s misadventures with utility JEA. At the root of it all: the still-under-construction Plant Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia, which the city committed to buy power from in 2008 […]

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Ex-felon voter restoration Amendment 4 gets $5M ad buy

Human rights no concern as UAE cuts Jacksonville a check

Jacksonville City Council committee punts on opposing homestead exemption change

Tracye Polson, Wyman Duggan racing to raise money in HD 15

Fundraising slows for Jacksonville incumbent legislators

Jimmy Patronis: ‘You’re not supposed to come home and see your town gone’

Andrew Gillum talks tightening polls, storm recovery challenges

Picking up the pace: Lenny Curry raises over $800K in September

Al Lawson expects long recovery for Leon, Gadsden counties

Citing Plant Vogtle, Moody’s downgrades Jacksonville credit rating