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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2017

A new resolution (2017-674) filed this week in the Jacksonville City Council would allow the city’s general counsel to “investigate and pursue” a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. Since the beginning of the year, Councilman Bill Gulliford has sounded the alarm about the human and economic toll of the opioid crisis; in recent months, he has moved […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2017

Ending what passes for suspense in some quarters, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced Thursday that he will be in London this weekend. The Jacksonville Jaguars — the NFL’s equivalent of an existential crisis — is set to take on the Baltimore Ravens at Wembley Stadium. The annual London trip offers the city’s business leaders and power […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2017

Team of rivals? Florida Gov. Rick Scott toured storm damage, including wrecked houses and eroded beaches, along the St. Johns County coastline Thursday, and with him were two likely candidates to replace him as the 2018 GOP nominee. House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Agriculture Secretary Adam Putnam were both along for the ride. As three of the most […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2017

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was at Beauclerc Elementary in Jacksonville Thursday morning, serving breakfast to students. The appearance at the Southside school underscored his office’s announcement this week that students in 48 Florida counties under FEMA’s major disaster declaration could eat free at school until October 20. Putnam noted that this declaration allows 2.5M students at […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2017

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will return to Northeast Florida for the second time in less than 48 hours Thursday, with a morning tour of storm damage at St. Johns County beaches. St. Johns’ beaches were pummeled by Matthew in 2016, and Irma last week. On Tuesday, Scott was in Orange Park, where he held a roundtable […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran rolled out his select committee on hurricane preparedness Tuesday, and one of the more interesting members is Rep. Cyndi Stevenson. Stevenson came to the Florida House after a stint as a St. Johns County Commissioner, in which she dealt with the unique needs of a rapidly-growing county, one that has felt the wrath of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2017

Wednesday saw House Speaker Paul Ryan stop briefly in Jacksonville, as part of a three-stop tour of Irma damage in Florida. A corollary, equally important story: the Florida Delegation setting aside partisan concerns to meet the post-storm needs of the Sunshine State, while discussing the way forward. In Jacksonville, Ryan saw the Duval Emergency Operations Center, […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry rolled out his re-org of Jacksonville children’s programs, the Kids Hope Alliance, amid hoopla this summer. While no fewer than 14 Jacksonville City Council members made a vow to co-sponsor the measure at a presser in early August, momentum has stalled since. The bill is deferred in committees for a second straight two-week […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2017

The city of Jacksonville’s IOUs are starting to pile up from FEMA. The city is owed $26 million in reimbursements after Hurricane Matthew, and expectations are that Irma will cost even more. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry again addressed the shortfall Tuesday. “We’ll get through this storm,” Curry told reporters, “but my team will be aggressively working […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2017

Northeast Florida avoided the Irma landfall impact, but wind damage and rampant flooding were — and in some places, are — major impacts. In Orange Park, flooding impacted residences by the river and — a bit south of town — along Black Creek. Tuesday saw Gov. Rick Scott in town to discuss the path forward. Apartment complexes […]

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Jax moves closer to suing opioid producers

Lenny Curry is headed to London

Rick Scott, Adam Putnam, Richard Corcoran tour storm-ravaged St. Johns County

Up and Adam: Putnam serves breakfast to Jacksonville kids

Rick Scott to tour storm damage in St. Johns County Thursday

Cyndi Stevenson talks Florida House Select Committee on hurricanes

For Florida Delegation, Irma aid trumps partisan politics

Lenny Curry renews vow for ‘real reform’ in Jax kids’ programs

Rick Scott: Advance payments a possibility for Jax FEMA reimbursements

Rick Scott gets hero’s welcome, talks Irma recovery in Orange Park