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Wyman Duggan committee picks up six-figure check from Aubrey Edge ahead of potential Jax mayoral run
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (306+ words) Rep. Wyman Duggan is expected to run for Jacksonville Mayor, and he just got a big contribution from the company of a local CEO who would like to see Democrat Donna Deegan lose next year. First Coast Energy, the Jacksonville…...
Amy Kremer's Data Center Revolt is coming to Florida. She'll find the state got there first.
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (407+ words) The Data Center Revolt pulls into Jacksonville on Monday with a message this state already heard and wrote into law. Florida has been asking her questions for a year. Florida Power & Light’s latest rate package goes further, requiring developers to…...
Analysis shows big windfall for taxpayers who take part in new scholarship tax break
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (315+ words) The American Federation for Children (AFC) is promoting the reality that hundreds of millions of Americans are eligible for tax credits for donations to scholarship funds. The AFC published a report this month that shows an estimated 121.5 million taxpayers can…...
Ron DeSantis endorsed a state Senate candidate on 9/11. It could have waited.
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (478+ words) Warning: This is a column about pearl clutching. I’m the one doing it. Like so many others, I hold Sept. 11 as a sacred day. My family is from the City. I lived in New York. I remember Sept. 12, when this…...
Trump asks Smithsonian to install George Washington statues and exhibit
2+ day, 49+ min ago (201+ words) In late Friday night social media posts, President Donald Trump called on the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump asked…...
Orange County School Board candidate Diana Moore faced parent and colleague complaints, suspensions as teacher
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1729+ words) Longtime Orange County teacher and School Board candidate Diana Moore’s confrontational personality has made both children and her fellow teachers cry at school, according to records obtained by Florida Politics. “As a mother, it is hard to stomach the thought…...
Hakeem Jeffries backs David Jolly for Governor
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (217+ words) Congressional Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is throwing his weight behind two former House colleagues in the race for Florida Governor and Lt. Governor, endorsing the David Jolly-Gwen Graham ticket. “I proudly and strongly support David and Gwen, am fully behind…...
'Connecting the dots': Christopher Chestnut roots family backing Byron Donalds in persecution of Andrew Gillum, FDP's treatment of Black Democrats
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (724+ words) Christopher Chestnut says his mother Cynthia Chestnut’s endorsement of Republican Byron Donalds isn’t about “kickbacks,” and that he’s endorsing the Republican over Democrat David Jolly in the Governor’s race also. “We’re not the sellouts. We’re being sold out,” he said…...
Byron Donalds continues to dominate cash race against David Jolly
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (290+ words) Donors have a clear preference in the race for Governor. Republican nominee Byron Donalds is spending heavily, but continues to hold a strong fundraising lead over Democrat David Jolly in the remaining weeks before the first vote-by-mail ballots are sent…...
Ashley Moody already has 50% support in new poll of Senate race
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (278+ words) U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody is on track to be elected in 2026, according to a survey taken this week by Quantus Insights. The Plant City Republican leads her Democratic challenger, Rep. Angie Nixon of Jacksonville, 50% to 43%. According to this data set, Nixon…...