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Workers make repairs to the facade of the Parker Tower Condo in Hallandale Beach on Dec. 5, 2024. | Marta Lavandier, AP
May 1, 2025

Legislature eases financial burden on condo owners

Sen. Jennifer Bradley of Fleming Island shepherded a revamp of condo laws in the Senate.…

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Holiday Harbor resident Molton Smith gestures down Hogpen Creek toward neighbors who initiated the creation of a new taxing district residents say was a surprise to many. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
July 23, 2024

Intracoastal West residents face $4,500 annual tax that many say was a surprise

Opponents say what started as a petition to “explore” dredging Hogpen Creek for boating now threatens to price them out…

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Randy DeFoor, a former city councilwoman, speaks at a news conference Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at City Hall. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
August 10, 2023

Mayor announces seven more appointments, including Randy DeFoor as general counsel

Mayor Donna Deegan said she’s building a “rockstar team of difference-makers and innovators and collaborators.”…

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Irvin Cohen discusses the need for preserving homeownership during an affordable housing committee meeting Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at the Ed Ball Building in Jacksonville. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today)
August 9, 2023

Mayor’s plan on affordable housing inches forward

A committee looking to solve Jacksonville’s affordable housing issue is developing a wide-ranging list of ideas.…

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August 31, 2022

OPINION | Government can work. Here’s proof

Spend a lot of time browsing social media or watching Fox, CNN or MSNBC, and it would be easy to…