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Melissa RossJanuary 5, 2016

State Rep. Janet Adkins has introduced legislation intended to clear the massive backlog of rape kits across the state that she hopes moves quickly when the Legislature convenes next week. “It’s a reasonable expectation for victims of sexual assault that when an evidence kit is collected, that something is done with that kit, that the […]

Melissa RossDecember 15, 2015

November fundraising totals in the race for Nassau County Superintendent of Schools reveal an interesting matchup between the two main candidates in the race: GOP state Rep. Janet Adkins of Fernandina Beach and Nassau School Board member Kathy Knight Burns, also a Republican. Burns had a healthy November, out-raising Adkins at $14,820. Adkins’ month comes in […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2015

In a six-candidate House District 11 field to replace Janet Adkins perpetual GOP candidate Jack Daniels stands out in that he’s raised no money so far. In an email to FloridaPolitics.com, sent 1:34 a.m. Monday, Daniels says that’s his strategy. “I sincerely believe that I will make history by winning that seat without accepting any money. I […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

Is the fundraising momentum of moderate Republican Donnie Horner slowing down in the House District 11 race to replace Janet Adkins? November’s numbers suggest so. Horner raised $3,925 in November, keyed by two max donations from Donna Bailey and Patricia Frisch. Other significant donors: Michael Munz, one of the early and key backers of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, as […]

Phil AmmannDecember 4, 2015

As Florida lawmakers consider allowing computer coding as a high school foreign language requirements, one technology firm enthusiastically applauds the move toward giving students a leg up in the modern workplace. Strategic Digital Services (SDS), Florida’s leading digital firm specializing in data for political campaigns and causes, praised the passage Thursday of SB 468 through […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 25, 2015

If you’re reading this, you likely have a positive relationship with the Thanksgiving holiday. This should be especially true for the doughty stalwarts of the #JaxPol universe, where seemingly everyone, from the congressional level down to City Council, have tangible things for which they should be grateful. U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, for one, can be grateful […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 12, 2015

The next move for State Representative Janet Adkins: a run for Nassau County Commissioner of Schools. And as her husband and campaign manager, Doug Adkins, writes in an email, things are going well. Adkins, who served on the Nassau County School Board for a decade before running for the State House in 2008, has over a […]

Melissa RossNovember 11, 2015

As headlines across the state continue to pile up, documenting the horror show that is Florida’s mental health system of care, state Reps. Janet Adkins and Charles McBurney listened somberly to a litany of problems – and proposed solutions – at a public forum Monday at Jacksonville City Hall looking at the issue. The Community […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2015

In a crowded six-way scrum for the right to succeed termed-out Janet Adkins in Northeast Florida’s very conservative HD 11, candidate Cord Byrd graced mailboxes in the Jacksonville Beaches with a mailer billed as a “sportsman alert,” by way of soliciting ballot access petitions, presumably from said sportsmen (and maybe the occasional sportswoman, if she has time […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2015

Tuesday is a packed day at Jacksonville’s City Hall, with a JEA Agreement meeting and a City Council meeting. However, those are not the only happenings in the St. James Building, as State Representative Janet Adkins will hold a mental health community roundtable at 4:00 p.m. in the Lynwood Roberts Room. “Florida is facing a […]

Tag: Janet Adkins

Janet Adkins on Corrine Brown: “The courts have spoken”

November’s Nassau superintendent contest money race competitive

HD 11 Jack Daniels: “I just can’t be a political whore”

HD 11 Republican candidate Donnie Horner hits November fundraising lull

Digital firm praises approval of computer coding as foreign language bill

Thanksgiving, the #JaxPol edition

Janet Adkins builds a strong $ lead in Nassau County school commish race

Pleas for reform heard at Jax mental health roundtable

HD 11 GOP hopeful Cord Byrd sends out “sportsman alert” mailer invoking Hillary Clinton

Janet Adkins to hold mental health community roundtable; Melissa Ross to host