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A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

Suspended Jacksonville City Councilors Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown are staring down a 38-count conspiracy to defraud. The pair is accused of extracting hundreds of thousands of dollars for personal use from a Small Business Administration-backed loan provided for Katrina Brown’s family’s barbecue sauce plant. The two Democratic Council members have presented a united front, maintaining their innocence. Until now. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

With early in-person voting beginning as early as Monday in parts of Florida, the two major party gubernatorial candidates believe they will turn out their base. On Friday afternoon, the campaign of Republican Ron DeSantis released its voter engagement numbers, which paint the picture of a campaign that found its moorings in recent weeks after a […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

One Democrat who wants to be Florida Governor and another who may want to be United States President will walk together in a Jacksonville parade Saturday morning. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum will be joined by United States Sen. Cory Booker at the Edward Waters College parade. Gillum, who resumed campaigning in Jacksonville on Thursday, will hold his […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum returned to the trail Thursday, his first active campaigning since Hurricane Michael. The Tallahassee Mayor resumed his campaign with a rally at a Jacksonville church, his first of two stops in the city Thursday afternoon, with a fundraiser in between the two public events. It’s not a moment too soon for […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2018

Entrepreneus from the Republican-leaning National Federation of Independent Businesses backed in a letter Friday the tax policies of Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis. This is a chaser to NFIB’s September endorsement of DeSantis, the “clear choice for small business owners in the Governor’s race.” The language, and concerns, were similar: DeSantis will maintain the status quo. And […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, and Washington counties are all still facing existential challenges regarding recovery from Hurricane Michael. On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott rolled out an Executive Order outlining the way forward. Supervisors of elections in the affected counties can extend early voting, beginning next Monday. Poll watchers have until Oct. 26 to […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

Gambling concern bestbet is one of Jacksonville’s most politically connected businesses. Its interests were boosted Thursday when the local Chamber of Commerce weighed in against Amendment 3. Per a media release, passing the amendment “will eliminate local voter control and could retroactively unauthorize existing gambling, putting hundreds of jobs in Jacksonville at risk.” The “unnecessary” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

While the race for Governor between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis is too close to call in public polls, it’s a landslide with law enforcement. The latest example of LEOs leaping to support the Republican: Thursday’s endorsement of DeSantis by the Florida Association of State Troopers. “As a Congressman, Ron DeSantis was a staunch supporter of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

It’s the most competitive 2018 race in Northeast Florida — the battle to replace outgoing Republican state Rep. Jay Fant in Westside Jacksonville’s plurality-Democrat House District 15. The air war continued this week: Republican Wyman Duggan dropped a contrast ad on Democrat Tracye Polson, comparing her alleged radicalism with his “common-sense” approach to politics. The 30-second ad from Duggan, a […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2018

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops announced support this week for Amendment 4, which offers rights restoration for reformed felons. The Amendment would automatically restore felons’ voting rights after they complete their sentences, with murderers and felony sexual offenders exempted. “Our belief in the transformative power of redemption is core to our faith. Amendment 4 […]

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LASOS Summer campers hold up an art project at Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Maryland, on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Image via AP/KT Kanazawich.

Defendants to sever in Jacksonville City Council fraud case

Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum both confident in voter engagement

Walk it like they talk it: Andrew Gillum, Cory Booker in Jacksonville parade

After the storm: Andrew Gillum resumes campaigning

‘Don’t turn back the clock’: Republican businesses warn against Gillumnomics

Extended early voting, but no fax or email ballots for storm-ravaged counties

Jax Chamber backs bestbet, balks at Amendment 3

State troopers latest cops to back Ron DeSantis

Contrast drives HD 15 race between Wyman Duggan, Tracye Polson

Catholic Bishops back felons’ rights restoration Amendment 4