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Andrew Pantazi edits and reports for The Tributary. He previously worked as a reporter at The Florida Times-Union, where he helped organize the newsroom's union with the NewsGuild-CWA. He is a Jacksonville native and raising his two sons in the city.
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The Joseph Woodrow Hatchett U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Tallahassee. | Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary
17 hours ago

Federal court rejects challenge to North Florida redistricting

The judges said plaintiffs failed to show the Legislature was discriminating when it eliminated a majority-Black congressional district in North…

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Then-General Counsel Jason Teal sets up proposed maps at a redistricting meeting after a federal court ordered the Jacksonville City Council to redraw its district maps. | Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary
March 4, 2024

Judge won’t order special election for gerrymandered Duval School Board

School Board members Darryl Willie and Charlotte Joyce will keep their positions without a new election this year.…

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December 1, 2023

Court backs DeSantis on North Florida redistricting

The 1st District Court of Appeal upheld the elimination of a majority-Black district stretching from Jacksonville to Tallahassee.…

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Second Judicial Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh questions Florida attorneys in the congressional redistricting hearing.
August 25, 2023

Judge expresses doubts over state’s redistricting arguments

A Florida judge pressed the state’s lawyers on whether they were asking him to contradict past precedent.…

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The Florida Capitol. | Andrew Pantazi. The Tributary
August 23, 2023

Is Voting Rights Act on trial in Florida? Redistricting case could have broad impact

A redistricting battle over a North Florida congressional district could have national implications for Black voting rights.…

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May 30, 2023

Judge accepts Jacksonville’s redistricting settlement

The city will pay $100,000 in a lawsuit that alleged City Council maps were racially gerrymandered.…

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Then-General Counsel Jason Teal sets up proposed maps at a redistricting meeting after a federal court ordered the Jacksonville City Council to redraw its district maps. | Andrew Pantazi, The Tributary
April 21, 2023

Jacksonville may settle redistricting lawsuit — and pay $100,000

Jacksonville City Council will consider whether to accept a court-ordered map and pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees.…

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March 28, 2023

Jacksonville seeks to halt redistricting appeal

The move indicates Jacksonville may be on the verge of settling with the NAACP and other plaintiffs.…

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February 23, 2023

Lawsuit seeks to remove Jacksonville candidate from ballot

Democrat Charles Garrison, an at-large candidate for Jacksonville City Council, challenged the residency of fellow Democrat Nahshon Nicks.…

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January 6, 2023

Court rejects Jacksonville’s appeal in redistricting case

A federal appeals panel upheld an order requiring the city to use City Council districts drawn by plaintiffs in a…

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January 5, 2023

Court alters residency requirement for City Council election

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard waived a requirement that candidates in some districts live there for six months.…

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December 30, 2022

Jacksonville asks court to waive residency requirement for City Council candidates

The city of Jacksonville has asked a federal court on Wednesday to waive a requirement that City Council candidates live in…

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December 23, 2022

Jacksonville will appeal judge’s rejection of election maps

The Jacksonville City Council will appeal a judge’s order requiring the city to implement an election map drawn by civil…

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Redistricting maps presented at a Jacksonville City Council meeting. | The Tributary
December 12, 2022

Jacksonville redistricting process raises questions of Sunshine Law violations

According to the version of events that Jacksonville’s city lawyers told a federal court, the City Council passed a redistricting…

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November 18, 2022

Plaintiffs ask court to reject Jacksonville redistricting map

The Jacksonville City Council failed to fix the problems with its original redistricting plan, plaintiffs argued Friday in a court…

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November 4, 2022

Jacksonville City Council plans to vote today on new district maps

The Jacksonville City Council plans to vote Friday on new district maps after the old ones were struck down as…

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October 21, 2022

Jacksonville hires redistricting expert after gerrymandering ruling

A day after Jacksonville argued in court that it didn’t have enough time to pass new redistricting maps, City Council President…

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Jacksonville Planning Director Bill Killingsworth and City Attorney Paige Johnston work during a redistricting hearing at William M. Raines High School.
October 17, 2022

City Council will fight racial gerrymandering order

The Jacksonville City Council has decided to appeal a federal court order that found the city had likely racially gerrymandered…

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October 12, 2022

Judge strikes down Jacksonville redistricting as racial gerrymandering

A federal judge has struck down seven Jacksonville City Council and three Duval School Board districts in the racial gerrymandering…

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Duval’s property-tax increase passed by a seven-point margin. | Andrew Pantazi/The Tributary
August 25, 2022

5 takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Jacksonville

Voters across Florida cast ballots Tuesday in the state’s first primary elections after redistricting changed the lines for Congress and…