First Coast Week in Review
Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week.
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First Coast Week in Review
Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week.
• Florida sheriffs push back on mass deportation policies, saying there needs to be a path to citizenship for certain undocumented residents.
• School prayer is under the microscope in Duval County as two groups object to the evangelical bent of invocations.
• The “60-day” legislative session ends, momentarily, but work on the budget, taxation and redistricting remains unfinished.
• Racist incidents at two Florida universities put conservative campus groups in the crosshairs.
• Duval County cancels a courthouse sculpture, despite having already spent $300,000 on the nonexistent artwork.
• Florida sheriffs push back on mass deportation policies, saying there needs to be a path to citizenship for certain undocumented residents.
• School prayer is under the microscope in Duval County as two groups object to the evangelical bent of invocations.
• The “60-day” legislative session ends, momentarily, but work on the budget, taxation and redistricting remains unfinished.
• Racist incidents at two Florida universities put conservative campus groups in the crosshairs.
• Duval County cancels a courthouse sculpture, despite having already spent $300,000 on the nonexistent artwork.
First Coast Week in Review
Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week.
• Jacksonville’s City Council president is under fire for what some are calling a “quid pro Carrico.”
• The Downtown Investment Authority declines to pay to keep a major tenant from moving out.
• A key witness backs out of a plea deal and will not testify against the accused in a high-profile murder-for-hire case.
• “Close, but no cigar” no more: Swisher promises to hire from the surrounding neighborhood in a planned expansion.
• State Rep. Dean Black files another bill that would protect “historic monuments” with an eye to Jacksonville’s namesake.
• Jacksonville’s City Council president is under fire for what some are calling a “quid pro Carrico.”
• The Downtown Investment Authority declines to pay to keep a major tenant from moving out.
• A key witness backs out of a plea deal and will not testify against the accused in a high-profile murder-for-hire case.
• “Close, but no cigar” no more: Swisher promises to hire from the surrounding neighborhood in a planned expansion.
• State Rep. Dean Black files another bill that would protect “historic monuments” with an eye to Jacksonville’s namesake.
First Coast Week in Review
Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:
• Jacksonville officials are having a hard time confirming all of the “waste, fraud and abuse” identified in a Florida DOGE audit.
• A vanishing hologram: The mayor’s controversial airport video box is no more.
• Duval schools scramble to find emergency contacts for students after ICE detains their parents.
• Florida drivers must now be English speakers under new licensing requirements that take effect Friday.
• Jacksonville officials are having a hard time confirming all of the “waste, fraud and abuse” identified in a Florida DOGE audit.
• A vanishing hologram: The mayor’s controversial airport video box is no more.
• Duval schools scramble to find emergency contacts for students after ICE detains their parents.
• Florida drivers must now be English speakers under new licensing requirements that take effect Friday.
Florida DOGE ramps up audits, congressional redistricting and weekly news briefing
Florida DOGE ramps up audits Florida’s taskforce aimed at eliminating wasteful spending has begun auditing city and county governments up and down the state. Florida DOGE — or Department of Government Efficiency — is the state’s version of the task force that was headed by Elon Musk.We checked in with our partner stations to see how those audits are going.
