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A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

It turns out that Warren Jones wasn’t the only big name being talked up for a run for Duval County School Board. Mike Hightower, JEA’s chief public affairs officer, was approached by some interested members of Jacksonville’s donor class for a potential school board run. He thought about it briefly — for about 14 hours — […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority won the 2016 “Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award” from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The category was midsize transportation systems, of which there are 326 in the country. For JTA CEO Nat Ford, the award was a culmination of a holistic vision that he has been implementing, one which he discussed […]

Melissa RossMay 18, 2016

Opponents of Clay County School Superintendent Charlie Van Zant Jr. are blasting what they call unethical campaign tactics by the incumbent. Addison Davis of Orange Park, a Republican and educator who works as Duval County Public Schools chief of schools, is one of several candidates challenging Van Zant as he campaigns for a second four-year term. The […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 18, 2016

Matt Hudson came out on top in a straw poll Tuesday during a Marco Island legislative candidate forum. The forum, hosted by the SWFL Citizens Alliance, was the first of three legislative candidate forums. Candidates for two of the three open legislative seats in Collier County participated in the forum. In the Senate District 28 […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2016

Former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings has received the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez of New York in the Orlando-based Democratic Congressional District 10 race. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, previously endorsed state Sen. Darren Soto in the other hotly-contested Congressional Democratic primary in Orlando, Congressional District 6. “Throughout her years […]

Ryan RayMay 18, 2016

A day after GOP primary opponent Neal Dunn went on TV attacking Obamacare, Mary Thomas released a new radio hit bashing the administration over its recent directive on gendered bathrooms. As first reported by POLITICO Florida, the one-minute radio spot features Thomas calling the new directive “outrageous.” “Men should use the men’s room, women should use the women’s room. It’s […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2016

House District 60 Republicans Jackie Toledo and Rebecca Smith both have a background in transportation, so it was natural that they be asked to weigh in on the Tampa Bay Express project (TBX), the controversial Florida Department of Transportation billion-dollar project that would add all-express toll lanes on I-275. Speaking at the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee’s monthly meeting on […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

Former Jacksonville City Councilman Warren Jones, who served 28 years on the council, will run for the Duval County School Board in Group 5, he told FloridaPolitics.com Wednesday. “I finally came to the conclusion yesterday,” Jones said, “after I found out [the incumbent] Connie Hall would not run.” Jones, who hasn’t been on a ballot since his […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

Though House District 13 Democrat Reggie Fullwood‘s motion for a bill of particulars in his pending federal case “mystified” federal prosecutors, it nonetheless was granted by a federal judge in Jacksonville Tuesday. “The Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction for Wire Fraud states in part: ‘It’s a Federal crime to use interstate wire, radio, or television communications to […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

State Rep. Janet Adkins, a candidate for superintendent of Nassau County schools, has joined the chorus of Northeast Florida Republicans objecting to the Barack Obama administration’s assertion that transgender students should be able to use their “gender identity” to decide which bathroom they feel most comfortable using in public schools. “It is clear that the Obama […]

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Mike Hightower for Duval school board? Thought about it, ruled it out

Jacksonville Transportation Authority wins national award, vindicating Nat Ford’s vision

Clay County superintendent race gets uglier

Matt Hudson wins SWFL Citizens Alliance straw poll

Nydia Velazquez endorses Val Demings in CD 10 race

Mary Thomas hits Obama admin bathroom directive in new radio spot

Jackie Toledo all in on TBX, while her HD GOP 60 opponent Rebecca Smith isn’t so enthusiastic

Former Jax Councilman Warren Jones will run for Duval County School Board

Reggie Fullwood’s request for bill of particulars in federal trial was granted

Janet Adkins wants Pam Bondi’s opinion on school bathroom issue