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A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2015

This week a Dallas-based website launched a purported attempt to crowdfund 10 votes in favor of expansion of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance. On Wednesday afternoon, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality released a statement condemning “in the strongest terms possible any unethical or illegal attempt to influence the outcome” of the HRO vote. Coalition Legislative Director […]

Phil AmmannDecember 3, 2015

Self-driving cars on Florida roads may be closer to reality than many people think. Autonomous and connected vehicles (CV) in the Tampa Bay area was one of the leading topics of the third annual Florida Automated Vehicles Summit, held in Jacksonville Tuesday and Wednesday. The summit will highlight the newest innovations in driverless cars, which are part […]

Mitch PerryDecember 3, 2015

Wednesday’s mass gun shooting in San Bernadino is just the latest such incident in America, and Yolie Capin has had enough. The Tampa City Councilwoman was given the opportunity to address the audience who gathered at City Hall on Thursday for the council’s weekly meeting, and she used it to denounce the lack of gun control […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2015

World AIDS Day was on Tuesday this year, and most people understood the significance of it, including in Jacksonville. However, there was one notable exception, one given a national forum by The New York Times. One who has been among the leading voices against the expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance to address the needs […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2015

The most notable thing that happened at the Holiday Party thrown by Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville City Council, which included scenes inside the St. James Building and outside in Hemming Plaza, was the least scripted. As Curry began his remarks before throwing the switch to light the tree, an excitable gentleman called out […]

Kimberly DeFalcoDecember 2, 2015

Approximately 100 enthusiastic supporters gathered at the Tampa Yacht and Country Club Wednesday night to hear a rousing speech from Republican state Representative Dana Young. Young, who serves as House Majority Leader, is currently running unopposed for a fourth term in South Tampa’s District 60. During her 15-minute speech, Young vowed to continue to work on the […]

Melissa RossDecember 2, 2015

Vowing to fight on via a federal lawsuit, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has released an incendiary reaction to the state Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling that reconfigures her North Florida district from one that snakes from Jacksonville south to Orlando, into an east-west Jax-to-Tallahassee district with fewer African-American voters. Here is the statement in its entirety, […]

Associated PressDecember 2, 2015

Officials want to expand the Orange County Convention Center by adding space and other features to enhance the nation’s largest meeting place. The Orlando Sentinel reports the conceptual plans were shown to commissioners Tuesday during a presentation. The goal is to add nearly 2 acres of conference rooms, a 1,500-space parking garage, and a 130,000-square-foot multipurpose […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 2, 2015

Where Florida Begins. The Bold New City of the South. The Florida You’ve Always Wanted. The last few decades in Jacksonville have been a graveyard of aspirational slogans and taglines, with one commonality: a lack of real resonance beyond the region, and a hard callous of skepticism among locals. truJAX, a partnership between the Jacksonville […]

Phil AmmannDecember 2, 2015

An ambitious new Medical Center for the University of South Florida may be closer to reality, but school officials need to step up fundraising if they are to hold up their share of the cost. That’s the message delivered to the USF board of trustees during a workshop update Monday as the college works toward […]

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Jacksonville Coalition for Equality condemns Dallas website HRO vote-buying scheme

Tampa highlights connected vehicle pilot program at Florida Automated Vehicles Summit

Yolie Capin kicks off Tampa City Council meeting by saying “we are in a gun out of control state”

HRO opponent Raymond Johnson victim blames on World AIDS Day

Scenes from Jax City Hall holiday celebration

Dana Young energizes supporters at rousing South Tampa fundraiser

Corrine Brown: Court ruling “direct attack on minority voters”

Orange County proposes expansion to convention center

truJAX attempts to define Jacksonville’s DNA, vision

USF Health closer to downtown Tampa facility, but needs to pick up fundraising pace