Sherry MagillCity council members heard public comment on Tuesday evening on a bill that expands protections under Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance to LGBTQ persons. Florida’s First District Court of Appeal recently struck down Jacksonville’s Human...
. . . we are learning — “Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.” Ralph Waldo Emerson In his essay Friendship, Ralph Waldo Emerson argues that “we have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.” Despite...
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced yesterday that he is asking City council to pass emergency legislation to allocate funding from the federal Covid-19 relief funding during a special council meeting to be held Monday, May 27 at 1 pm...
Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville City Council President Scott Wilson today announced appointment of a three person committee to investigate JEA’s failed attempt to sell Jacksonville’s publicly-owned utility. Former assistant U.S...
Jacksonville, FL–The number of individuals supporting Northeast Florida’s nonprofit organizations “declined significantly” between 2007 and 2017, according to the 2019 State of the Sector report released today by the Nonprofit Center for Northeast...
Yesterday, the Florida Times-Union editorial called for local elected leaders to do the obvious in historic downtown, Jacksonville’s Northbank. TU’s editors lament one-way streets, narrow sidewalks, coin-operated parking meters, the lack of shade...
In a November 2018 referendum, 73% of Duval County voters said they should get the chance to approve any sale of 10 percent or more of JEA. The vote was 256,511 in favor to 93,000 against. During his re-election campaign, Mayor Lenny Curry said...
Jacksonville FL, December 3, 20018 – City council defeated a transparency bill 16-3 at its November 27th Tuesday night meeting. Introduced by At-large member Anna Brosche, the bill called for: posting email and text messages between lobbyists and...
Editor’s note: On September 25, 2018 City council unanimously approved Mayor Lenny Curry’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 budget whose general fund totals $1.2 billion. We decided to examine the city’s funding of children, arts and culture...
Jacksonville’s city government could do a better job engaging the public and being transparent, according to the Task Force on Open Government report issued in late June (view or download pdf document here). It calls specifically for an easy to...