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A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2017

U.S. Representative John Rutherford has settled in quickly to his role in Congress and this recess week finds the Jacksonville Republican burnishing his foreign policy chops with a trip to the Middle East. Per a press release from Rutherford’s office, the congressman leaves for Israel Monday “as part of a delegation of Members of Congress to […]

Phil AmmannAugust 4, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is all about loyalty, and much of this edition comes back to the idea of one’s squad as a result. For example, there’s Curry’s candidate in the House District 15 race to succeed Jay Fant, who is running for Attorney General instead of pursuing re-election. And then there’s the push to […]

Phil AmmannJuly 28, 2017

If this week’s issue of Bold has a unifying theme, it’s “institutional knowledge.” What that phrase means, in a political sense: knowing your milieu, learning what you can and can’t do in office. “Passing the torch,” so to speak. For our area’s congressmen, you will see below how the power of knowing one’s way around […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2017

Freshman Jacksonville-area Congressmen John Rutherford and Al Lawson may have different party labels. But they both have strong fundraising in the latest campaign finance report, suggesting that either will be tough outs in primaries. Rutherford hauled in over $155,000 off of 69 total contributions from January to June 2017; Lawson brought in over $158,000 off 118 total […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 18, 2017

Tuesday saw U.S. Rep. John Rutherford file legislation to reform America’s entrepreneurial visa program, a bill which would create a pathway to legal immigration for “job creators.” The bill, per a press release from Rutherford’s office, would “allow job creators who have been in the U.S. on an E-2 investor treaty visa for more than […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2017

On Thursday, over 100 Congress members, many from Florida, signed off on a letter to the Department of the Interior opposing Atlantic Ocean seismic testing. In April, the Trump Administration announced that it is considering opening the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas to oil and gas exploration and drilling, via seismic testing Even for Congressmen like John Rutherford, a stalwart […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2017

Last week, North Florida Republican Ted Yoho co-signed a letter — along with 22 of his Republican colleagues — calling on Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to review the agency’s ‘Housing First’ policy. The lawmakers claim Housing First puts a tough strain on homeless shelters in Florida and across the nation. GOP lawmakers say […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 20, 2017

On Tuesday in Jacksonville, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford — an ally of President Donald Trump — discussed the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the parallel investigations of the Trump Administration. “I want them to look at Russia’s attempt to interject themselves into our election process through cyberactivity and all that,” Rutherford said, “but […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 20, 2017

Tuesday saw a big project for Jacksonville’s transportation future break ground: JTA’s Regional Transportation Center. The JTA center, to be constructed in Jacksonville’s historic LaVilla neighborhood, will accommodate Greyhound, Uber, Megabus, the Skyway, First Coast Flyer and other modes of travel, in what is designed to be a regional focus. Greyhound will go online in January […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017

Jacksonville Rep. John Rutherford, new to D.C., told Roll Call he was surprised by both ideological and strategic divisions in the GOP caucus itself this week. The caucus, said Rutherford, could be more unified: “to come from the executive side, or at least what feels like the executive side, to the legislative branch, is a […]

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John Rutherford heads to Israel

Jacksonville Bold for 8.4.17 — Squad goals

Jacksonville Bold for 7.28.17 — Institutional knowledge

John Rutherford, Al Lawson show strong 2017 fundraising

John Rutherford files bill for entrepreneurial visa reform

Florida Congresspeople: No to seismic testing in Atlantic Ocean

Ted Yoho gets pushback for challenging HUD’s ‘Housing First’ policy

John Rutherford: ‘Not concerned’ about Russian collusion with Donald Trump campaign

Ground broken on JTA Regional Transportation Center

Divisions in House GOP ‘frustrating’ John Rutherford