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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2017

There are three local bills that the Duval County Legislative Delegation have to carry this session. Two of them involve relaxed restrictions for drinking. Rep. Tracie Davis will sponsor those. And one involves governance of the Duval County School Board, a subject that inspires drinking. Rep. Jason Fischer, an alumnus of the school board, will sponsor […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2017

House Bill 583, filed by Rep. Jay Fant on Monday in the Florida House, would cap recoverable medical and health care damages at the money spent on services. The bill holds that the actual amount remitted to the provider is what can be recouped in a damage claim. In cases where commercial or governmental insurance paid […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 24, 2017

House Bill 471, filed in the Florida House on Tuesday, would expand the rights of lienholders in foreclosure actions. Jacksonville Republican Rep. Jay Fant, a banker and lawyer by trade, filed legislation that would allow documents from bankruptcy cases to be used as evidence in foreclosure actions. Fant’s bill would create a new section of Florida Statute: […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2017

Is North Florida losing the water wars again? “Stand Up for North Florida” says yes, and Monday they called a presser in Tallahassee to discuss it. Their grievance is with Senate Majority Leader Joe Negron and his “plan to buy more than 60,000 acres of farmland in south Florida to build a another reservoir for water […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2017

Now that 2017 is all but upon us — after a tumultuous 2016 electorally — what’s next for Northeast Florida politics? One assurance: unlike in 2016, with a massive electoral turnover in the region’s Washington and Tallahassee delegations, as well as in both the state attorney and public defender offices, 2017 won’t see that. With […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2016

The Duval County Legislative Delegation selected a new chair and a new vice-chair on Wednesday, during a meeting in Jacksonville. Stepping down from the chair: Mia Jones, who reminded the new members that “home is where the rubber meets the road,” and to not fall into the trap of putting state issues over local concerns. Selected […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2016

The Duval County Legislative Delegation has a lot of new faces and a crowded agenda in front of it on Wednesday afternoon, when they convene at Jacksonville’s city hall. New to the body: Republican Reps. Cord Byrd of House District 11 and Clay Yarborough in HD 12, Democratic Rep. Tracie Davis of House District 13, Democratic […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 21, 2016

Last March, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and members of the Duval delegation convened at Jacksonville’s City Hall, to discuss “what winning looks like.” The city got 90 percent of its appropriations goals. Jacksonville got money for public safety, such as the COPS program, and infrastructure needs, asking for $2 million and getting $1.8 million. And […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 8, 2016

Northeast Florida finally has clarity on what its legislative delegation for the next two years will look like, as a panoply of new faces, along with one holdover, won emphatic mandates for election. Many of the races — such as the ones won by Cord Byrd in House District 11, Clay Yarborough in HD 12, Rep. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 4, 2016

Jacksonville Rep. Jay Fant is leaving nothing to chance in his HD 15 re-election campaign against a write-in candidate, fundraising until the end. Fant had a staggering $70,000 ad buy in October for his campaign against an unknown opponent. That ad buy depleted his campaign account. Yet, as hope springs eternal, so does fundraising capacity for […]

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Lake Mary’s team celebrates in the eighth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game against Taiwan. Florida won in eight innings 2-1. Image via AP.

Duval Delegation talks local bills, hears from Melissa Nelson

House bill caps recoverable medical damages

Florida House bill would close ‘wildcard exemption’ in post-bankruptcy foreclosure cases

Group of north Florida pols takes on Joe Negron over Lake Okeechobee plan

A.G. Gancarski’s 10 predictions for Jacksonville politics in 2017

Duval Delegation elects Jay Fant new chair, Aaron Bean vice-chair

Packed agenda for Duval Delegation meeting Wednesday

New Duval delegation members face a learning curve

New faces abound in Duval Legislative Delegation

Jay Fant fundraises until end of uncompetitive HD 15 race