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Jacksonville City Council member Terrance Freeman addresses the Duval County Coalition of Black Republican Americans on July 25, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 7, 2025

Jax councilman wants state DOGE to audit city’s finances

City Council member Terrance Freeman has filed legislation volunteering the city for a state DOGE audit.…

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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan speaks to a crowd at the Legends Center in Northwest Jacksonville | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
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…

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Columbia Ventures Development Manager Ryan Akin says more than 350,000 work hours went into renovating the Union Terminal Warehouse. The 330,000-square-foot building was repurposed as part of a $72 million renovation. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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Jaguars owner Shad Khan hugs Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan on June 26, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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…

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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…

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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?…

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

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A holographic version of Mayor Donna Deegan welcomes travelers at Jacksonville International Airport — as the real Deegan watches on the left. The technology was unveiled Dec. 19, 2024. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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A holographic version of Mayor Donna Deegan welcomes travelers at Jacksonville International Airport — as the real Deegan watches on the left. The technology was unveiled Dec. 19, 2024. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan presents her first city budget in July 2023. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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…

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Mayor Donna Deegan is shown during an interview with Times Radio in England during her trip. | Times Radio
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.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan is shown during an interview with Times Radio in England during her trip. | Times Radio
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…

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Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters talks about a deadly mass shooting at a Dollar General store on Aug. 27, 2023. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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

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Mayor Donna Deegan speaks during an inteview Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, on Times Radio in London. | Times Radio
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.…

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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…

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Left: Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan welcomes Vice President Kamala Harris | City of Jacksonville; Right: Former Mayor Lenny Curry posted this photo to X the day Donald Trump was inaugurated | Florida Politics
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…

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Michael Wright listens to a community conversation about the $1.4 billion proposal from the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars to renovate EverBank Stadium on Thursday, May 16, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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.…

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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…

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Mayor Donna Deegan presents 904Ward Director of Equity Regina Newkirk Rucci a resolution celebrating Black History Month. Deegan announced the creation of an African American Advisory Board on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at City Hall. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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…

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Ron Salem and Donna Deegan at her 2023 budget presentation | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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”…

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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…

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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…

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Darnell Smith, as shown in 2022, serves as North Region president for Florida Blue. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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.…