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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 6, 2017

As legislators begin filing appropriations bills in Tallahassee, we are starting to get an idea what success (or failure) will look like for Northeast Florida this Session. Two of the more compelling requests last week came from Jacksonville Rep. Clay Yarborough, who filed a pair of bills totaling $10 million for the University of North Florida. House […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2017

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran may abhor the influence of lobbyists in Tallahassee. But Jacksonville and its independent agencies have them anyway, as do other regional entities in Northeast Florida. The calculus is not complicated for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, who parlayed $150,000 last year into a sustained and successful lobbying effort helmed by the Fiorentino Group and […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2016

A new report on the health of the St. Johns River found increasing salinity and high phosphorous levels, but also positive signs that other pollutants plaguing the waterway were reduced. The Florida Times-Union reports that the study released on Friday was conducted by researchers at four schools including the University of North Florida and Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2016

With less than three weeks until the Aug. 30 primary in Florida’s 4th Congressional District, a University of North Florida poll says it’s still John Rutherford’s race to lose. Rutherford has 31 percent, ahead of Hans Tanzler at 13 percent, Lake Ray at 10 percent, and Bill McClure at 5 percent. Other candidates — Steve Kaufman, Ed Malin, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2016

Mayor Lenny Curry has said he is willing to invest all of his “political capital” into getting a “Yes” vote on the pension tax referendum. And he might have to do just that. A University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab poll reveals support for Jacksonville’s pension tax referendum is not as strong as it […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s indictment on 24 charges of fraud and violations related to a fraudulent charity may provide a political opening for former state Sen. Al Lawson of Tallahassee. Attending a grand opening of his campaign headquarters — a few blocks from Florida A&M University where Lawson played basketball and now has the school’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2016

A poll released Thursday morning by the Public Opinion Research Lab of the University of North Florida shows incumbent Rep. Corrine Brown and challenger Al Lawson are running neck and neck in Congressional District 5. The poll of 400 likely Democratic voters shows Brown leading Lawson 30 percent to 27 percent, well within the 4.9 percent margin […]

Jim RosicaMay 10, 2016

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University of North Florida President John Delaney is calling the school’s recent bond downgrade “a blip.” Delaney, a former Jacksonville mayor, spoke at Tuesday’s Florida Cabinet meeting about the slide. “I’d prefer to not even be here,” he said, half-jokingly. But Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam soon questioned the “the lack of notice of the downgrade,” saying “now we’ve got this […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 7, 2016

A new survey shows Duval residents’ support for the pension tax referendum and for expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance. The University of North Florida poll showed 36 percent support among 380 Duval County residents interviewed for the pension tax proposal, with 24 percent against it and 40 percent with no opinion. Though support for the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2016

It’s appropriate that former Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney is President of the University of North Florida. His time in public service in Jacksonville coincides nicely with the University of North Florida’s transition from a commuter school for working adults in the 1970s and ’80s to the thriving regional university it is today. The campus has been […]

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UNF capital improvements among appropriations asks by northeast Florida lawmakers

The Fiorentino Group helms Northeast Florida lobbying efforts again in 2017

Report finds some improvements in St. Johns River health

Poll: John Rutherford is cruising to victory in CD 4 race

Poll: Lenny Curry’s pension tax still headed for a win, although support has fallen off some

Corrine Brown’s legal woes offer opening for Al Lawson in CD 5 race

Poll: Corrine Brown, Al Lawson in CD 5 dead heat

Governor, Cabinet caught offguard by UNF bond downgrade

New poll: Duval residents support Lenny Curry’s pension tax, HRO expansion

Performance funding problems feature during Joe Negron’s University of North Florida tour