First Coast Connect
Weekdays LIVE 9 a.m., Rebroadcast 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.
First Coast Connect is an hour-long call-in program that features local newsmakers, civic and community leaders, artists and people planning a variety of events across Northeast Florida, along with a roundtable of local media personalities and civic leaders each Friday.
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Following Friday’s legislative approval of the state budget, we get granular-level analysis of the winners, losers and appropriation oddities in the ‘26-’27 spending plan. -
It’s the week’s top headlines, from accusations of City Council bullying to the governor's plan to end property taxes for most homesteaded properties. -
Surrounded by superstores, having lost its primary golf anchors, the state of World Golf Village is like nothing its original residents imagined. -
From the supremacy of podcasting to an entire book devoted to sentence diagramming, the most precise large language model is still human. -
A secret federal directive challenges Florida’s public records law. -
Ironman fatigue, spiraling subpoenas and an NAACP call for an athlete boycott. -
A city proposal would guide growth and developers away from water hazards. -
Author Bob Kealing discusses the long influence and short life of the legendary musician ahead of his Hall of Fame induction. -
When it comes to a career, relationship or even a vacation, picking the “best” option might be a mistake. -
What a stunning reversal in the Murdaugh case says about vulnerabilities in our jury system.
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