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Mayor Donna Deegan gives her annual budget address to City Council on Monday, July 14, 2025, as President Kevin Carrico looks on. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
6 hours ago

Jacksonville mayor unveils $2B city budget proposal

Mayor Donna Deegan’s 2025-26 city budget increases spending on police and fire while also giving a bump to youth, education…

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JEA headquarters is at 225 N. Pearl St. | Jacksonville Daily Record
June 24, 2025

JEA board approves one-time $40M bump in contribution to city coffers

JEA’s budget next year will include a $178 million contribution to the city’s general fund.…

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The school library at R.V. Daniels Elementary in February 2024. Duval County Public Schools closed the school at the end of hte 2025 academic year. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 6, 2025

Jacksonville Journey Forward seeks $3 million budget for literacy, chronic absenteeism

The Jacksonville Journey Forward board made budgetary suggestions for the 2025-26 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 during its monthly…

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Homeowners received these notices of the trash fee increase this month. | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today
May 27, 2025

Jax Council finalizes city’s first garbage fee increase since 2010

City lawmakers’ move to increase Jacksonville’s garbage fee for the first time in 15 years is meant to tackle a…

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Jacksonville at-large councilman Ron Salem, who chairs the City Council Finance Committee. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
May 20, 2025

Duval DOGE says it’s found $20M in unspent funds

City Council member Ron Salem’s Duval DOGE committee says its savings is nearing $20 million as it starts a review…

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A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office cruiser. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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Ron Salem and Donna Deegan at her 2023 budget presentation | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
March 10, 2025

‘Duval DOGE’: Council member wants ‘to tighten our belt’ with review of Jacksonville spending

City Council Finance Committee Chair Ron Salem is calling for a “Duval DOGE” to find savings outside of what he…

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City Council is expected Sept. 10 to consider the remaining portions of the Community Benefits Agreement in the EverBank Stadium deal. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 27, 2024

Community Benefits Agreement inches ahead with money for neighborhoods

A special committee is forwarding recommendations to City Council regarding the EverBank Stadium deal with the Jaguars.…

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Mike Weinstein, right, Jacksonville's chief negotiator on stadium renovations, explains the stadium deal at a community meeting earlier this year. With him are Mayor Donna Deegan and Jag's President Mark Lamping. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 23, 2024

Salary for city’s stadium negotiator comes under fire

Some City Council members question Mike Weinstein’s $292,006 salary now that the stadium deal is nearly complete.…

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Jacksonville at-large Councilman Matt Carlucci speaks during a meeting he hosted at City Hall Monday, August 19, 2024, to allow advocates of an affordable housing financing plan to explain it to council members. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 20, 2024

Advocates hope to revive affordable housing plan

An affordable housing plan that could add 1,000 reasonably priced homes to Jacksonville is hanging in limbo.…

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The City Council Finance Committee pulled funding for the diversity and inclusion chief from Mayor Donna Deegan's budget.
August 9, 2024

City Council committee cuts DEI chief from budget

The panel’s members voted 4-2 to eliminate funding for the position of chief of diversity and inclusion.…

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City Hall | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 8, 2024

City Council begins chopping at mayor’s budget proposal

City Council members are proposing cutting $10 million from Mayor Donna Deegan’s $1.92 billion budget.…

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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan speaks at a town hall meeting. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
July 15, 2024

Calling for unity, Deegan unveils $1.95B budget

Mayor Donna Deegan proposed a budget that calls for drawing on financial reserves and reevaluating capital improvement projects.…

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Mike Weinstein, right, Jacksonville's chief negotiator on stadium renovations, explains the stadium deal at a community meeting earlier this year. With him are Mayor Donna Deegan and Jag's President Mark Lamping. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
June 4, 2024

How 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…

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August 25, 2023

Mayor and finance board spar over diversity chief funding

The Finance Committee recommended slicing a portion of the mayor’s budget that would have paid for a chief of diversity.…

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Grass is mowed Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at A. Philip Randolph Park. | Steven Ponson, WJCT News 89.9
August 16, 2023

Jacksonville promises to tame those overgrown lots

Mayor Donna Deegan is proposing a 95% increase in the amount of money allocated to the city’s Mowing and Landscaping…