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Michael MolineAugust 8, 2018

A state appeals court has blocked Clay County judicial candidate Lucy Ann Hoover from appearing on the ballot because she filed her paperwork too late. “We recognize that the public policy of Florida generally favors letting the people decide the ultimate qualifications of candidates,” the 1st District Court of Appeal concluded Wednesday, in an opinion by Judge […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 13, 2018

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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]

Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2018

A new poll released Monday by the University of North Florida continues to show that Florida Republicans have a different set of concerns and issues priorities than Democrats or independent voters, and that starts with immigration and crime. In the Florida Statewide Poll conducted by Public Opinion Research Lab, a quarter of surveyed Republican registered […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2017

The hottest U.S. Senate race in the country will be in the Sunshine State over the next twelve months, pitting two politicians who don’t lose against each other. One will go to Washington for the next six years. The other, very likely, will have lost his last campaign. The two combatants: Sen. Bill Nelson in […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2017

Jacksonville’s mayor, City Council president, and City Council vice president are part of a 141-person delegation from the city to Toronto on Wednesday. Their absence raised questions in Jacksonville City Hall about why the Duval County legislative delegation would meet without them, and even the day before the Wednesday meeting, there apparently was encouragement from […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

For enthusiasts of Confederate monuments, the University of North Florida poll released Tuesday morning presents bad news and good news. The poll — a live dial survey from Oct. 11-17 of 816 registered voters — says that only four in ten Florida voters want the monuments to “remain in public places as reminders of Southern […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Dark days in the Sunshine State for President Donald Trump, according to a poll from the University of North Florida. Trump — who carried the state last November — has troughed to a 37 percent approval rating, according to the live dial survey of 838 registered voters conducted between Oct. 11 and Oct. 17. That approval […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

While still a hypothetical race — for now — a new poll from the University of North Florida says a contest between Bill Nelson and Rick Scott is a dead heat. In a statewide, live-dial poll of 838 registered voters, Nelson was the choice of 37 percent of respondents, Scott of 36 percent, while 20 percent were […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Democrats who believe that running against the Second Amendment is a road to victory in 2018 need to think again, according to a poll released Tuesday. A University of North Florida survey showed that only 42 percent of respondents support a ban on assault weapon and large-capacity ammunition sales; 52 percent of respondents oppose, including 55 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2017

A new poll from the University of North Florida says that crime is the number one policy preoccupation for Duval County’s registered voters. And despite concerted investments in public safety in the city’s last three budgets, crime concerns more voters than in previous polls — and that is especially true for females surveyed. Crime was […]

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Judicial candidate filed campaign paperwork too late, appeals court says

Pell Grant students trail in graduation rates

Republicans worried about immigration, crime; Democrats, indies, not so much

Bill Nelson: ‘Rick Scott is raising unlimited corporate money’

Disconnect between Duval delegation, Jacksonville leadership raises questions

Shock poll: Only 4 in 10 Florida voters want Confederate monuments to stay put

Donald Trump net approval rating upside down in Florida

New poll pegs Bill Nelson vs. Rick Scott as a dead heat

Poll: Majority of Floridians oppose assault weapon ban

Poll: Crime preoccupies Jacksonville voters for third straight year