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Prosecutions, arrests coming in Florida pharmacy fraud scam

Read the full articleFederal prosecutors say a massive pharmacy fraud settlement in Florida is just the beginning. “Early next year, we’ll start bringing criminal charges against individual doctors,”...

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This Thanksgiving, no one is more thankful than Jax food truck owners

Read the full articleAfter facing intense backlash from a spirited and feisty local food truck community, this week Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown withdrew his proposed ordinance that would...

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Florida Retail Federation: 2015 holiday shopping season will be “robust”

Read the full articleThe Florida Retail Federation is predicting a robust holiday shopping season this year, with FRF President/CEO Rick McAllister projecting a 4 1/2 percent increase in sales over...

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Jax pastor R.L. Gundy on HRO switch: “we cannot discriminate”

Read the full articleBack in 2012, he was one of a chorus of evangelical pastors in North Florida speaking out against updating Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance to cover LGBT citizens from...

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Houston Mayor Annise Parker to Duval Dems: “address stupid comments head-on”

Read the full articleBy turns funny and rueful, Houston Mayor Annise Parker urged Duval County Democrats to learn from her city’s recent bruising turn in the national spotlight over the routing of its...

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Corrine Brown: court ruling “direct attack on minority voters”

Read the full articleVowing to fight on via a federal lawsuit, Rep. Corrine Brown has released an incendiary statement reacting to the state Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling that reconfigures her...

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Corrine Brown: court ruling “direct attack on minority voters”

Read the full article Vowing to fight on via a federal lawsuit, Rep. Corrine Brown has released an incendiary statement reacting to the state Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling that reconfigures her...

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Jax Dems raise $200K for Hillary Clinton at private event

Read the full articleMost presidential campaign “bundlers” in Jacksonville tend to raise major ducats for the GOP. But last night, the heavy lifting was being done for the Democratic frontrunner –...

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Sen. Bill Nelson: “lone wolf” attacks are America’s terrorism challenge

Read the full articleThe biggest counterterrorism challenge of our time is the “lone wolf” who becomes radicalized, says Sen. Bill Nelson. Nelson spoke about the San Bernardino mass shooting with...

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Corrine Brown’s federal lawsuit “has very little chance of succeeding”

Read the full articleU.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is pursuing a federal lawsuit, Brown v. Detzner, in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court’s approval of a redrawn congressional map for the state. Brown,...

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Corrine Brown’s federal lawsuit “has very little chance of succeeding”

Read the full article U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is pursuing a federal lawsuit, Brown v. Detzner, in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court’s approval of a redrawn congressional map for the state. Brown,...

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Email insights: “Unprecedented demand” for coverage through HealthCare.gov

Read the full articleAhead of a Thursday deadline, the White House is rolling out an Obamacare enrollment push this week, touting a sign-up contest and messaging hard with interviews and e-blasts....

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Email insights: “unprecedented demand” for coverage through HealthCare.gov

Read the full article Ahead of a Thursday deadline, the White House is rolling out an Obamacare enrollment push this week, touting a sign-up contest and messaging hard with interviews and e-blasts....

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Competitive November money race in Nassau superintendent contest

Read the full articleNovember fundraising totals in the race for Nassau County Superintendent of Schools reveal an interesting matchup between the two main candidates in the race, Rep. Janet Adkins,...

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Email insights: Jax City Council’s Bill Gulliford calls for HRO referendum

Read the full articleFollowing on the heels of Tuesday’s third, packed and final “community conversation” on expanding Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance to cover LGBT residents from discrimination,...

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Angela Corey talks “smart justice”

Read the full articleIt’s nearly a year to go till Election Day, but State Attorney Angela Corey is messaging hard and pushing back against criticism that she’s been too punitive a prosecutor,...

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Email insights: Dream Defenders host Miami event with Angela Davis

Read the full articleThe Florida-based social justice group the Dream Defenders is ringing in the holidays with a Miami event at Barry University featuring noted activist, author and professor Angela...

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Email insights: North Florida Land Trust makes its biggest land buy ever

Read the full articleThe nonprofit conservation organization the North Florida Land Trust has announced in an email to supporters and media outlets that it has closed on “the biggest land purchase in...

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Jax Army Corps employee faces prison for placing Confederate flag on...

Read the full articleA Jacksonville woman faces up to five years in federal prison after federal authorities say she placed a Confederate flag on a black co-worker’s desk, then lied about it. The...

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Email insights: Jax Coalition for Equality asks supporters to email City...

Read the full articleIn an e-blast to supporters and media outlets, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality is urging supporters to email their City Council member and “urge them to pass this important...

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