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A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2017

The history of soccer in Jacksonville is longer than some new arrivals might think. From 1980, when the Jacksonville Tea Men started off in the North American Soccer League, to today, when the Jacksonville Armada play locally, soccer has had a foothold here for decades. Even in 2016, the U.S. National Team played in Jacksonville […]

Scott PowersJuly 7, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham spent her recent “workday” event Friday at a community health care center in Jacksonville; she came away even more aware of the health care issues at stake in public policy. “Community health centers are a vital safety net for working families across our state. In addition to providing care, they […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2017

For Paul Renner, the path to winning Friday’s 2022 Florida House Speaker election in Orlando — with 16 votes in the first round — was not a sure thing. First of all, he lost his first election for the House — a three-vote defeat to Rep. Jay Fant, a current Attorney General candidate, in House District […]

Phil AmmannJune 30, 2017

Summer doldrums, finally, in Jacksonville City Hall for the next couple of weeks … until the Mayor introduces his budget to Council July 17. The installation of a new Council President, supplanting old power dynamics with a new hierarchy. And there are questions. Will institutional knowledge still be there? Will the budget go as smoothly […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2017

The question as of Friday morning in Jacksonville: will “stronger together” work better for the new City Council President than for Hillary Clinton? Anna Brosche was elected Jacksonville City Council President weeks back. On Thursday night she assumed the role officially. The installation ceremony sprawled out over two hours, and included a selection from an […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2017

On Thursday, the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry took its annual romp through budgets of venues managed by SMG. SMG, which saw its contract renewed for five more years this week via the Jacksonville City Council, manages Jacksonville sports and entertainment facilities. Highlights? For masochists and budget obsessives, they are below. The struggle, as ever, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2017

The annual review of departmental budgets continued Tuesday morning in the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, with Public Works on tap. Though not exactly a hot topic, the discussion was made more lively by repeated questions from the Mayor’s Budget Review Committee to Public Works people about specific line items. And made more lively still, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2017

Just as there are some who look at a tranquil lake and assume the depths are likewise tranquil, there are those who look at a change of leadership in Jacksonville’s City Council and assume a similar tranquility. For the previous two years, that was true. When Greg Anderson in 2015 and Lori Boyer in 2016 took over […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2017

Jacksonville is in line to receive just over $11M in money from Housing and Urban Development for FY 2017, per a letter from HUD dated Jun. 15. Over half of that sum — $5.661M — will come in through Community Development Block Grants, a category that the Donald Trump Administration has questioned. This is down significantly […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2017

Jacksonville, like all major Florida cities, faces health challenges. And the Health Department budget, via City Hall, is a great starting point to seeing priorities. One such priority has to do with Jacksonville’s youngest residents: the aftermath of a lapsed co-location with Agape Health Services, which has now secured other space on the Westside. They […]

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Jacksonville a ‘strong candidate’ to host 2026 FIFA World Cup action

Gwen Graham comes away frustrated with health care policies after ‘workday’ at center

Paul Renner wins, and so does ‘Team Northeast Florida’

Jacksonville Bold for 6.30.17 — City Hall Confidential

‘Stronger Together,’ says new Jax City Council President Anna Brosche

Event management highlights review of Jacksonville venues budgets

Fireworks animate Jax Public Works budget review

Will the Anna Brosche era be trouble for Lenny Curry?

$11M in HUD money for Jacksonville for FY 2017

Health Department concerned about infant mortality in Jacksonville