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A.G. GancarskiOctober 31, 2017

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam attributes his fondness for early starts to being a farmer. Reporters from the city may be more likely to attribute it to sadism — especially when they drive from Jacksonville before sunrise for an 8 a.m. campaign event in Clay County. Whatever the motivation, Putnam has shown a propensity for his ‘Up […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2017

Heat may be rising among the millions of Floridians still without power, as 2.3 million homes and businesses head toward finishing a fourth full day without. The latest data from the Florida Office of Emergency Management show 22 percent of the state still was sweating out power outages at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, on what has […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2017

Wednesday hundreds of thousands of Florida power customers got their lights turned back on but almost exactly one third of Florida is still waiting. The latest numbers from the Florida Office of Emergency management show 3.5 million customers still were without power at 3 p.m. Wednesday, representing 33.4 percent of all Florida homes and businesses. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 31, 2017

Northeast Florida, like the rest of the state, waits for Gov. Rick Scott to review the budget from the Florida Legislature. Scott has been typically vague on his real disposition on the budget: the new-school “Veto Corleone” hasn’t ruled out a full-on veto, or line item vetoes. And in recent months, Gov. Scott has been […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2017

On Monday, the Clay County Legislative Delegation heard local concerns in Green Cove Springs, the county seat. Sen. Rob Bradley, Rep. Travis Cummings, and Rep. Bobby Payne — the three members of the delegation — heard from community advocates, stakeholders, and leaders. Payne, of course, is new to the Florida Legislature — and has his district split among […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2016

New Clay County Sheriff-elect Darryl Daniels is still assembling his “dream team” of “subject matter experts.” Worth noting: some of these stalwarts will be coming in from other counties, not unlike the sheriff himself, whose quarter-century of law enforcement experience is from Duval County. As with Daniels’ legal counsel, State Attorney Angela Corey, many of these experts […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2016

The office of Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday that $1.8 million was awarded through the Florida Defense Support Task Force Grant Program to support seven defense projects across 13 counties. Over $500,000 of that is coming to Northeast Florida. And the bulk of it, $501,500, will come to two projects in Clay County via the Florida Defense Support Task […]

Jim RosicaJune 15, 2016

The liquid left over from making methamphetamine can be counted toward its weight for criminal charging purposes, an appellate court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal issued its unanimous opinion Wednesday in the case of Ryan Wilder. He was convicted on murder and methamphetamine trafficking charges following a February 2012 drug bust […]

Melissa RossMay 20, 2016

LGBT students in the Clay County Public Schools confronted Superintendent Charlie Van Zant Jr. in the wake of his remarks about the Obama administration’s directive on transgender bathroom access in public education. Van Zant made his feelings known through the use of a robocalling system that went out to some 35,000 households in the district. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

Charles Van Zant, the Clay County school district’s superintendent, sounded a note of defiance this week in response to the Barack Obama administration linking Title IX funding with permitting transgender students to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. “This directive from the Obama administration does not carry the force of law, and you can […]

Tag: Clay County

Adam Putnam serves up comfort food to Clay Republicans

Power update: 2.3 million homes and businesses still without

Nearly half-million customers get power; one-third of Florida waits

Will Rick Scott’s veto pen affect Northeast Florida priorities?

Clay County delegation to focus on First Coast Expressway, Keystone Lakes

New Clay undersheriff is a Duval County transplant

Northeast Florida scores $500K from state defense grants

Meth juice can be counted for charging purposes, court says

LGBT students confront Clay County Superintendent

Equality Florida to mobilize against Clay County school district bathroom policy