April 7, 2025
City Council member Terrance Freeman has filed legislation volunteering the city for a state DOGE audit.…
March 16, 2025
OPINION | Which Republican will win ‘invisible primary’ to challenge Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan in 2027?
Defeating a popular mayor requires playing the margins and angles, and it doesn’t seem anyone currently in the mix understands…
March 6, 2025
Union Terminal Warehouse opens to fanfare on Jacksonville’s Eastside
The 112-year-old warehouse has been reborn as a mixed-use space combining businesses and mixed-income residences.…
February 3, 2025
OPINION | Jacksonville’s stadium deal: A necessary gamble for a world-class city
Bringing in the NFL to help build “a world-class city” has been a cornerstone of Jacksonville economic planning since the…
January 29, 2025
Council members Salem, Diamond introduce bill expressing lack of faith in city’s lead attorney
Saying that the city of Jacksonville’s top lawyer has shown “an unacceptable preference to address and support the wishes of…
January 20, 2025
OPINION | The budget cliff is upon us
Will the mayor be able to sell fiscal austerity during her upcoming public budget town halls?…
January 17, 2025
Mayor Donna Deegan announces 6 town halls
The mayor plans six town hall meetings to update residents on budget priorities and city projects.…
January 7, 2025
Council members push back on ‘Holo-Donna’ at airport
City Council members are questioning whether money was misued for a hologram-like image of Mayor Donna Deegan.…
December 19, 2024
A hologram-like mayor welcomes Jax visitors
A 3D representation of Mayor Donna Deegan — almost a hologram — now greets travelers at Jacksonville International Airport.…
December 2, 2024
OPINION | It’s time for Donna Deegan to cross party lines
December offers a chance for Mayor Donna Deegan to build relationships that she might not have wanted but that the…
November 19, 2024
Audit finds no misspending during Deegan’s UK trip
After complaints from a City Council member, the Jacksonville Council Auditor’s Office reviewed the trip and found no violations.…
October 21, 2024
OPINION | We haven’t heard the last of Deegan’s ‘concentration camp’ gaffe
A.G. Gancarski predicts the blowback over Mayor Donna Deegan’s remarks will continue to dog her, both with imminent City Council…
October 18, 2024
Sheriff is latest target of racist banners over Downtown
A single-engine plane flew over Downtown on Thursday with a banner directed at Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters.…
October 18, 2024
Deegan stands by comment on ‘concentration camps,’ but regrets causing pain
Mayor Donna Deegan responded to criticism from Republican leaders after she assailed Donald Trump’s immigration plan.…
October 16, 2024
Republicans slam Deegan for labeling Trump’s immigration plan as ‘concentration camps’
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said Donald Trump wants to create “concentration camps” to deport illegal immigrants.…
September 9, 2024
Jax coding program graduates first class, who created city services dashboard
Twenty-two teens and young adults are now graduates of the city’s new Jax Code 4 Change program, aimed at harnessing…
July 28, 2024
OPINION | The presidential election is a #jaxpol proxy war and the stakes are high for both sides.
Much is at stake in this election, not least of which for local political figures, many of whom have a…
May 16, 2024
Northside ‘huddle’ draws cautious optimism about ‘Stadium of the Future’
A community investment promise is helping sell the Stadium of the Future proposal, while Northside activists vow to oppose it.…
April 9, 2024
THE JAXSON | 5 Arab American historic sites in LaVilla
Starting with the arrival of the first immigrants in the 1890s, Arab Americans have had a major impact on the…
February 28, 2024
Deegan forms African American Advisory Board
The board will enable residents to share information and perspective with Mayor Donna Deegan. Appointments are expected later in the…
February 25, 2024
OPINION | The reality of divided government
For Mayor Donna Deegan and this City Council, it will take negotiation and the time-honored principle of “getting to yes”…
January 16, 2024
Monument-removal money never flowed through city coffers, Jax top lawyer says
The city’s chief lawyer came under fire again Tuesday from City Council members as he sought to explain his department’s…
January 15, 2024
OPINION | Where is the stadium deal?
The set-up couldn’t have been better for stadium negotiations. Now, it’s the same old Jagwires, bumbling on the field and making…
December 19, 2023
Florida Blue exec named as mayor’s new chief of staff
Darnell Smith will replace Pat McCollough, who left her position after less than six months on the job.…