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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2017

Monday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting saw local officials address the body regarding Hurricane Irma. Expect a big budgetary hit from this year’s storm, with infrastructural damage that is still being tallied. That cost was buried in the mix of a few speakers on Monday, but will be the long-range policy impact of the storm. The city’s […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2017

As Northeast Florida continues the recovery phase after Hurricane Irma’s storm surge inundated large swathes of the city, the DEO offered good news on the jobs front Friday. Unemployment in the six-county Northeast Florida region stands at 4.2 percent, down from 5.1 percent last August, and in line with state numbers. And there are 2.5 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2017

Rep. Al Lawson has been in Jacksonville this week, helping out with post-Irma relief efforts, and meeting with local political leaders, such as the Mayor and the City Council President. And though he shares Mayor Lenny Curry‘s confidence that Jacksonville is financially positioned to shoulder the recovery burden until FEMA reimbursement comes through, the first-term Democrat from […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2017

August 2017 was the biggest fundraising month since 2015 for “Build Something That Lasts,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s political committee. $239,050 of new money was brought in last month, compared to almost $69,000 spent; all told, the committee has $376,820 on hand. The total is especially notable since Curry faces no political opposition to speak of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2017

The visual for television cameras was vivid: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry up in a bucket truck, on the scene of a JEA restoration. But what can’t be seen is worth noting as well: crews from all over the country, many of them responding to Jacksonville’s plight as seen on television news, coursing in to help with […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

FloridaPolitics.com patched into a call Tuesday involving the Jacksonville City Council and a representative of the Mayor’s Office; the hot topic was JEA power restoration. A representative of the Mayor’s Office noted that Curry had been “stern” with JEA CEO Paul McElroy, whose storm restoration efforts seemed to be moving slowly Tuesday. More than 163,000 customers […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

Rep. Kim Daniels was among the myriad Jacksonville politicians at a Wednesday presser promoting an Irma relief fund. However, she was the only one who had claimed that “prophets” knew that Irma would hit Florida. “Nothing happens except God reveal it to prophets first,” Daniels observed as the death-dealing superstorm enveloped the peninsula. We asked Daniels […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

Hurricane Irma left its mark on Jacksonville: massive floods in low-lying areas, wind damage, and other impacts. And Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry — now fully in what he calls “recovery mode” — seeks to ensure that impacted Northeast Floridians have what they need to defray immediate impacts and recover their lives. On Wednesday at the Legends […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2017

Hurricane Irma’s impact stopped being felt in Jacksonville Monday afternoon, and it was soon thereafter that Gov. Rick Scott was in town. Scott, who added Duval County to his ask for a major disaster declaration post-Irma on Monday evening, visited a local hurricane shelter with New York Mets’ minor league prospect Tim Tebow, a legend in these […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 12, 2017

Ahead of the 2018 midterms, the Republican National Committee has brought on a new political director for Florida. Andrew Brey, who previously served on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio‘s presidential campaign, has been in the post since July. Brey has also worked for the Republican Party of Florida as field director in support of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny […]

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Jax Irma costs: ‘Equal or a bit more’ than Matthew

Northeast Florida jobs numbers strong again in August

Al Lawson is fighting for Jax FEMA funds

Lenny Curry political committee raises $239K in August, pays for travel with Shad Khan

Bucket list: Lenny Curry talks power restoration

Lenny Curry ‘frustrated’ with lack of clarity on power restoration timetable

Kim Daniels asserts again that Irma striking Florida was God’s will

Lenny Curry rolls out Irma relief fund

After Irma, state politicians descend on Jacksonville

National Republicans hire new Florida state director