Is Jacksonville missing opportunities in Cuba?
Read the full articleExcited airline passengers in Naples took their first direct flight in decades to Havana Monday. It’s just the latest example of a Florida city jumping on opportunities to do...
View ArticleA Better St. Johns PAC savors victory: “We’re ecstatic”
Read the full articleThe operatives on the ground in tax-averse St. Johns County are celebrating sweet, sweet victory. For the first time in 40 years, the citizens of this upscale area have approved a...
View ArticleAfter Houston, Jax LGBT activists say they’ve got their work cut out
Read the full articleIn the wake of last night’s defeat of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Houston, Texas, activists with the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality say they’re going to work overtime...
View ArticleOperation Reform Summit seeks bipartisan approach to criminal justice reform
Read the full articleA bipartisan summit on criminal justice reform is expected to draw local and national thought leaders to Jacksonville this month. Operation Reform, sponsored by #Cut50, the Ford...
View ArticleJax “9 in 15” women’s leadership movement gears up for round two
Read the full articleThey didn’t make their original goal of electing NINE in ’15. Instead, only four women currently sit on the Jacksonville City Council in the year 2015 – Lori Boyer, Joyce Morgan,...
View ArticleAngela Corey: “What we’re doing is working”
Read the full articleState Attorney Angela Corey celebrated 34 years as a prosecutor in Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit this week (excepting, of course, the short span when she was fired from the office...
View ArticlePleas for reform at Jax mental health roundtable
Read the full articleAs headlines around the state continue to pile up, documenting the horror show that is Florida’s mental health system of care, State Representatives Janet Adkins and Charles...
View ArticleEmail Insights: HBO to screen ” 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets” at FSU
Read the full articleThe HBO documentary film shot in Jacksonville that tells the story of the Jordan Davis shooting and the trial of Michael Dunn will screen on the Florida State campus this weekend...
View ArticleEmail Insights: HBO to screen ” 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets” at FSU
Read the full article The HBO documentary film shot in Jacksonville that tells the story of the Jordan Davis shooting and the trial of Michael Dunn will screen on the Florida State campus this weekend...
View ArticleFlorida’s death penalty reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court, discussed in St....
Read the full articleJust as a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case may strike down Florida’s death penalty sentencing laws, ACLU staff attorney Adam Tebrugge of Bradenton is discussing the death...
View ArticleSt. Johns County Sheriff’s race draws new candidate
Read the full articleThe election is a year away, but incumbent David Shoar has drawn a challenger in the race for St. Johns County Sheriff. Debra Maynard, former patrol deputy and crisis intervention...
View ArticleRetired Gen. John Abizaid speaks in Jacksonville on American role in fight...
Read the full articleThe former US military commander in the Middle East is appearing in North Florida this week and giving his insights on how world powers should respond to the deadly attacks in...
View ArticleClimate change, security concerns related, says Jax researcher
Read the full articleThe potentially historic U.N. summit on climate change later this month in Paris, expected to draw President Barack Obama and other world leaders, will be scaled back due to...
View ArticleEmail insights: Human Rights Campaign scores Florida companies in 2016...
Read the full articleThe Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization is out with its 2016 Corporate Equality...
View ArticleRead It Forward Jax Coalition moves ahead
Read the full articleJacksonville’s Read It Forward Jax Coalition is comprised of some real heavy hitters around the 904, like Kerri Stewart, Chief of Staff to Mayor Lenny Curry, Susie Wiles, who is...
View ArticleBill Clinton: “I want to defeat ISIS”
Read the full articleThe nation’s 42nd president was appearing before the well-heeled Ponte Vedra crowd to talk about health disparities, and how to fix them, via his Clinton Health Matters Initiative....
View ArticleJacksonville Journey “2.0” to officially debut December 1st
Read the full articleEverything old is new again, the saying goes. And in North Florida, that holds true for crime prevention initiatives. Sources tell Florida Politics that Jacksonville Mayor Lenny...
View ArticleHBO film “3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets” debuts tonight, tells story of Jax teen...
Read the full articleThree years ago today, on November 23, 2012, (Black Friday that year) a 45-year-old white man named Michael Dunn got into an argument with a group of teenagers over the volume of...
View ArticleEmail insights: Jax Coalition for Equality “united against threats and fear”
Read the full articleIn the wake of bomb threats and racist KKK flyers being distributed around town, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality is sending a message of unity and strength as the city...
View ArticleSyrian refugee crisis up for discussion at Florida Coastal School of Law
Read the full articleAs NATO’s chief calls for calm and “de-escalation” following news that Turkey shot down a Russian warplane at the Syrian border, Florida Coastal School of Law took the issue local...
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