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A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

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The St. Johns County Legislative Delegation is slated to meet Friday morning at 9 a.m. at the St. Johns County Administration Building. Public comment, as is always the case, will feature prominently. As will the 2018 Legislative Action Plan. Much of what’s being asked for is familiar, such as transportation funding asks that were in play […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

Just weeks ago, members of the Jacksonville Jaguars made international news by protesting the U.S. national anthem on foreign soil. Ahead of a game in London, Jaguars players kneeled while owner Shad Khan supported their protest by standing with the team during the anthem. In the interim, an attempt to walk it back: as a mea […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

President Donald Trump has been roasted throughout the media for reported comments during a condolence call to the widow of Army Sgt. La David Johnson. Reportedly telling the grieving widow that he “knew what he signed up for,” Trump also apparently failed to refer to the slain sergeant by his name. Many are outraged. Including an NFL […]

Staff ReportsOctober 19, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff to honor former state Rep. James F. “Jim” Tullis, who died Saturday. Tullis represented District 17, which included Jacksonville, in the Florida House of Representatives for one term between 1999 and 2000. He graduated with a degree in business and economics from Jacksonville University in 1965, and he was an […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2017

A week after the Jacksonville City Council passed his Kids Hope Alliance bill, Mayor Lenny Curry signed the reform bill into law Wednesday. The KHA, a new seven-person board that will replace the Jacksonville Children’s Commission and the Jacksonville Journey, will command a roughly $35M budget for services for what the Mayor calls “at-hope kids,” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2017

Jacksonville Republican Wyman Duggan rolled out a swath of endorsements on Wednesday in his bid for the GOP nomination in House District 15. Councilmen Danny Becton, Matt Schellenberg, Greg Anderson, Aaron Bowman, Scott Wilson, Doyle Carter, and Sam Newby are newly on board. Also lining up behind Duggan: former Councilmen Jim Overton and Kevin Hyde. “I am humbled by so many community leaders stepping forward […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

On Monday and Tuesday, Jacksonville City Council panels OK’d a resolution (2017-674) to allow the city’s general counsel to “investigate and pursue” a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. Full Council approval will be a formality and will almost certainly be conferred next week. The resolution calls out “pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors” as potential lawsuit targets, yet […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Just weeks ago, members of the Jacksonville Jaguars made international news by protesting the U.S. national anthem on foreign soil. Ahead of a game in London, Jaguars kneeled — and owner Shad Khan supported their protest by standing with the team during the anthem. Khan offered support before the protest, said defender Telvin Smith: “It was [a] […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

U.S. Reps. John Rutherford and Al Lawson, a Republican and Democrat representing Jacksonville, have joined forces on a new piece of veteran-friendly legislation. HR 3965 — the “Veterans Armed for Success Act” — would appropriate $5M for job-related training and “transition assistance” for military veterans. That $5M would go to eligible organizations in the form of federal […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Florida Politics has learned, via a source outside of City Hall familiar with the process, that Jacksonville’s JEA Board will have a new member soon — pending City Council approval. April Green has been selected to fill a vacancy left by Ed Burr, who stepped down from the board earlier this year. Legislation will be introduced […]

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Hastings dissolution, debt to be mulled by St. Johns Delegation Friday

Veteran who met with Jaguars’ brass says anthem apology is a sham

Shad Khan on Donald Trump’s latest: ‘The lowest of the lowest expectations’

Flags at half-staff for former Jax Rep. Jim Tullis

With Kids Hope Alliance bill, Lenny Curry consolidated Jax City Council behind his vision

Republican Wyman Duggan scores 8 more endorsements in HD 15

Jacksonville City Council to sue Big Pharma over opioid distribution

Jacksonville Jaguars issue mea culpa for players’ anthem protest

John Rutherford bill would help veterans transition to business world

April Green to be nominated for Jacksonville’s JEA Board