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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 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Last November, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry made an audacious ask of the Duval County Legislative Delegation: $50M to remove and replace the Hart Bridge offramps. “The ramps were originally designed to bypass the industrialized waterfront,” Curry said in 2016, a purpose outmoded in the half-century since the original construction. Curry’s ask: “To knock the [current] ramp […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Another establishment Republican is in the Jacksonville City Council derby for 2019. Rose Conry, CEO and co-founder of StaffTime in Jacksonville, filed Tuesday to replace termed-out fellow Republican Matt Schellenberg in his Southside Jacksonville seat. Conry has been regarded in the business community for her acumen: she won the Jax Chamber Small Business Leader award in 2014, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

The office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry believes it is done with pension reform. Yet Council President Anna Brosche and other allies, including the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee, disagree. That conflict set the stage for the latest skirmish related to a bill introduced months back by Councilman Danny Becton. The bill, brought back yet again recently, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

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Preliminary estimates regarding the financial impact of Hurricane Irma to Jacksonville are in, and the city will take a budget hit. “I saw a report a couple of days ago sent out by the EOC to our directors,” said Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa to the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee Tuesday morning. The rough estimate, per […]

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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

Hart Bridge ‘design criteria project’ cleared for Jax Council vote

Rose Conry files to run for Jacksonville City Council

Jax Council panel bucks leadership, votes down controversial pension bill

$144M estimated damage to Jacksonville via Irma