6 hours agoJacksonville mayor unveils $2B city budget proposalMayor Donna Deegan’s 2025-26 city budget increases spending on police and fire while also giving a bump to youth, education…By Mike Mendenhall
June 24, 2025JEA board approves one-time $40M bump in contribution to city coffersJEA’s budget next year will include a $178 million contribution to the city’s general fund.…By Mike Mendenhall
June 6, 2025Jacksonville Journey Forward seeks $3 million budget for literacy, chronic absenteeismThe Jacksonville Journey Forward board made budgetary suggestions for the 2025-26 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 during its monthly…By Will Brown
May 27, 2025Jax Council finalizes city’s first garbage fee increase since 2010City lawmakers’ move to increase Jacksonville’s garbage fee for the first time in 15 years is meant to tackle a…By Mike Mendenhall
May 20, 2025Duval DOGE says it’s found $20M in unspent fundsCity Council member Ron Salem’s Duval DOGE committee says its savings is nearing $20 million as it starts a review…By Mike Mendenhall
April 16, 2025#AskJAXTDY | Why doesn’t Jacksonville use AI on sheriff’s budget?A Jacksonville Today reader thinks the city’s test of artificial intelligence should include the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office budget.…By Mike Mendenhall
March 10, 2025‘Duval DOGE’: Council member wants ‘to tighten our belt’ with review of Jacksonville spendingCity Council Finance Committee Chair Ron Salem is calling for a “Duval DOGE” to find savings outside of what he…By Mike Mendenhall
August 27, 2024Community Benefits Agreement inches ahead with money for neighborhoodsA special committee is forwarding recommendations to City Council regarding the EverBank Stadium deal with the Jaguars.…By Casmira Harrison
August 23, 2024Salary for city’s stadium negotiator comes under fireSome City Council members question Mike Weinstein’s $292,006 salary now that the stadium deal is nearly complete.…By Casmira Harrison
August 20, 2024Advocates hope to revive affordable housing planAn affordable housing plan that could add 1,000 reasonably priced homes to Jacksonville is hanging in limbo.…By Casmira Harrison
August 9, 2024City Council committee cuts DEI chief from budgetThe panel’s members voted 4-2 to eliminate funding for the position of chief of diversity and inclusion.…By Casmira Harrison
August 8, 2024City Council begins chopping at mayor’s budget proposalCity Council members are proposing cutting $10 million from Mayor Donna Deegan’s $1.92 billion budget.…By Casmira Harrison
July 15, 2024Calling for unity, Deegan unveils $1.95B budgetMayor Donna Deegan proposed a budget that calls for drawing on financial reserves and reevaluating capital improvement projects.…By Casmira Harrison
June 4, 2024How the city wants to pay for the ‘Stadium of the Future’The city plans to pay for its $625 million construction portion by redirecting revenue from a half-penny sales tax, passed…By Casmira Harrison
August 25, 2023Mayor and finance board spar over diversity chief fundingThe Finance Committee recommended slicing a portion of the mayor’s budget that would have paid for a chief of diversity.…By Casmira Harrison
August 16, 2023Jacksonville promises to tame those overgrown lotsMayor Donna Deegan is proposing a 95% increase in the amount of money allocated to the city’s Mowing and Landscaping…By Steven Ponson