Wire ServicesOctober 21, 2020
10min487
Courts have a projected backlog of more than 990,000 cases due to COVID-19.
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Wire ServicesOctober 21, 2020
A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2016
5min244
In recent weeks, the office of 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk has been liberal with criticisms of State Attorney Angela Corey, as both pivot toward August primaries. February saw Shirk’s office castigate Corey’s shop for disregarding the wishes of the victim’s mother in a murder case, pursuing the death penalty against her wishes, and violating confidentiality […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2016
1min175
Do law enforcement, the legal system, and local government have the public’s trust? Some of Jacksonville’s leading politicians will discuss that question Tuesday at a “Diversity & Inclusion Event” sponsored by the Jacksonville Bar Association & Florida Coastal Law School. Among the panelists: Chief Judge Mark Mahon, Mayor Lenny Curry, State Attorney Angela Corey, Public […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 28, 2015
4min244
• Lawmakers will try to live on $17 a day: At least 18 Florida lawmakers plan to live on a minimum wage this week to draw attention to efforts to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Starting Monday, the lawmakers will live for five days on $17 per day. That figure represents what […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015
1min196
HD 16 State Rep. Charles McBurney, a Jacksonville Republican, is termed out for the 2016 election. However, he may have figured out his next move. The 4th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission announced Friday that McBurney is one of a list of potential replacements for retiring judges Mallory Cooper and Lawrence Haddock Jr. He’s not the only […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 4, 2015
8min207
The rains have been hitting this writer’s portion of Duval County all day, dousing the usual neighborhood fireworks wars. This is symbolically fitting, as the Volokh Conspiracy blog at the Washington Post likewise dumped cold water all over a recent fevered ruling of Judge Mark Mahon, which set strict limits on permissible speech at the Duval County Courthouse, as “clearly […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2015
18min233
I remember the first time I interviewed former Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney. It was 2008, and I wanted to know why it was that the Duval County power structure fell in behind the Presidential bid of Mitt Romney. The University of North Florida President gave me something that is all too rare in politics: a forthright answer […]