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A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2016

State Sen. Audrey Gibson told FloridaPolitics.com on Wednesday that she is “very seriously considering” a run for chair of the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee. Current chair Neil Henrichsen will not be running for re-election to head of the often-fractious committee. If Gibson is to run for chair and win, she expects to “turn the dial up” with […]

Anne LindbergJune 2, 2016

Democrat Robert Tager has filed papers to run for Florida’s 12th Congressional District seat currently held by Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis. Tager is an attorney and business owner who has lived in northern Hillsborough County since 1998. He practices law in Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. He is admitted to practice in the federal courts […]

Associated PressJune 2, 2016

A South Florida man arrested for killing a Florida State University law professor is now being held in a Tallahassee jail. Sigfredo Garcia from Miami Beach was arrested last week in Broward County in connection to the death of Daniel Markel. Garcia on Wednesday was handed over to Leon County authorities. He was scheduled to […]

Scott PowersJune 2, 2016

Democrat Susannah Randolph has won the backing of the powerful pro-women’s rights group EMILY’s List in her quest to be elected in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. EMILY’s list puts training, campaign support and money behind the Democratic candidates it chooses, based primarily on their commitments to pro-choice positions on abortion. The group already has backed […]

Mike SchneiderJune 2, 2016

A medical research organization that has received more than $350 million in public and private incentives says its Orlando facility’s long-term outlook is in doubt because federal research funding isn’t keeping pace with costs, and that’s why it asked the University of Florida to take over, according to a letter its leaders sent to Gov. […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

All the bickering this spring about whether Orange County could cough up $1 million a year to get the NFL Pro Bowl may be long forgotten next winter if the game week goes as announced. The NFL made the official announcement Wednesday afternoon that Orlando will host the next three football All-Star Games at Camping […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and General Counsel Jason Gabriel have taken aim at the “arrogance and disregard for taxpayers” and “a blatant disregard of public records law” by the Police and Fire Pension Fund, as it relates to soliciting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s opinion on the legality of the PFPF’s Senior Staff Voluntary Retirement Fund. To that end, Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2016

Jacksonville isn’t exactly sitting in Hurricane Alley. But on Wednesday, Mayor Lenny Curry said that’s “no reason for complacency.” Curry, who cited “public safety” as a “top priority of [his] administration,” issued brief remarks before a media tour of the emergency operations center. The facility, in a former Federal Reserve building, has all of the earmarks […]

Melissa RossJune 1, 2016

Fans of skateboarding are mixing it up on Facebook with Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford. After Gulliford proposed legislation to ban skateboarding downtown, foes of the measure quickly took to social media to denounce the idea — and Gulliford himself. You can check out one such lively exchange here, on the Facebook page of MetroJacksonville’s Stephen Dare. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2016

Chevara Orrin, a “chief creative catalyst” with We Are Straight Allies, is a dynamo of social justice activism. Jacksonville residents know well her tireless passion and advocacy. And increasingly, Orrin is getting a national profile. Wednesday, for example, finds Orrin in Washington, D.C., giving a speech to, of all groups, the National Security Agency. “June […]

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Pastel colored tropical townhomes

Audrey Gibson ‘very seriously considering’ Duval Dems chair run

Gus Bilirakis draws second Democratic challenge in CD 12

Man charged with FSU professor’s killing now in Tallahassee jail

Susannah Randolph gets EMILY’s List backing

Sanford Burnham asks Rick Scott to let UF take over facility

NFL makes official announcement on Orlando Pro Bowl

Lenny Curry writes Pam Bondi, says Jax PFPF ‘ignore[s] the law’

Jacksonville gears up for hurricane season

That time Bill Gulliford got into it with his critics on Facebook — over skateboarding

Tears, real talk at ‘straight allies’ meeting in NW Jax