HRO: Then and Now Beginning in 2012 many of Jacksonville’s civic and business leaders, clergy and citizens worked together to expand protections under the City’s Human Rights Ordinance (HRO) to include sexual orientation and gender identity. For...
Claire GoforthJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Theirs was supposed to be the kind of family people dream of having; a father, mother, son and daughter living in domestic harmony. Instead it became a nightmare. Jennifer (not her real name) traces the disintegration of her...
Editorial StaffA federal grand jury recently issued a subpoena to JEA for records related to the effort to privatize the publicly-owned utility and to create a bonus plan for certain executives. A copy of the subpoena may be accessed here: JEA records...
Sherry MagillJacksonville 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, Fla. — A black and white picture of schoolchildren hangs on the wall of Paul Tutwiler’s office. He’s not related to any of the children who attended a segregated school for black people in the early 20th century, nor does he know their...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On Nov. 14, Gary Ervin attended a vigil for a young life cut tragically short by gun violence. Days earlier, a 15-year-old was killed in a shooting near a Burger King on the northwest side of Jacksonville. Ervin’s voice trembles...
She’s credited with being a “visionary,” “a role model” and a literal life-saver for some of the most vulnerable girls and young women in Northeast Florida. Now, Lawanda Ravoira will be taking her quest to address the needs of troubled girls to a...
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...
Gregory NewburnIn 1999, the Florida Legislature reimposed mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking after repealing most of those same laws in 1993. Under the 1999 law, “trafficking” included possession or sale of controlled substances above some...
Deirdra FuncheonBRADENTON, Fla. —While most Florida Commission on Offender Review decisions are made during hearings without the inmate present, parolees whose supervision terms are being reviewed sometimes do show up in person. Five of the 33 cases being...