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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2016
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9min217
Will the third time be the charm for the efforts to expand Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance? In 2012, a fully inclusive bill fell by a margin of 17 to 2. A modified bill lost by a much-smaller margin of 10 to 9, with a councilman — Johnny Gaffney — saying he’d gotten confused when he voted. Gaffney […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2016
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6min270
State Rep. Reggie Fullwood is an optimistic man — optimistic enough to run for re-election even with 14 federal felony counts hanging over his head. Fullwood, a Jacksonville Democrat, won his primary. But it turns out federal prosecutors might be a tougher out than Tracie Davis, Lee Brown, or J.R. Gaillot were on the August ballot. **** Fullwood filed a motion […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2016
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1min190
2016 has been a good year for JTA CEO Nat Ford, especially in terms of his dealings with the American Public Transportation Association. Back in May, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority won the 2016 “Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award” from APTA, in the midsize transportation systems category. Ford’s vision, which includes a new regional transportation hub […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2016
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1min353
A new report on the health of the St. Johns River found increasing salinity and high phosphorous levels, but also positive signs that other pollutants plaguing the waterway were reduced. The Florida Times-Union reports that the study released on Friday was conducted by researchers at four schools including the University of North Florida and Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2016
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5min219
At long last, a coherent defense strategy in the One Door for Education case — one that sees Rep. Corrine Brown and her chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, as co-defendants — is taking shape. Brown and Simmons both — as has been amply documented — have had difficulties retaining counsel in their case, which involves 24 counts of allegations […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2016
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3min590
In the federal courthouse Wednesday, Natalie Jackson was responsible for getting the business cards of every media member and generally letting the press know the legal team representing Rep. Corrine Brown was accessible and willing to talk about the case. Jackson was represented as a colleague of James Smith, the sole attorney of record in the Brown case, […]


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