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First Coast Connect

Week In Review: Stadium refund details, poll results and a green energy rollback

Stacey Bennett

It’s the biggest stories of the week:

  • Details of the proposed stadium deal include a refund if the Jags leave Jacksonville.
  • A new poll shows support for the stadium project grows with additional spending on community benefits.
  • Florida abandons clean energy goals and even deletes the words “climate change” from state law.
  • City Council gets a new leader.
  • Both of the state’s U.S. senators face political complexities in the 2024 season.

We talk about all that and more with our Friday Week in Review panel of journalists.

Our guests:

  • Anthony Austin, anchor, First Coast News.
  • Sylvia Perry, editor, Jacksonville Free Press.
  • AG Gancarski, reporter, Florida Politics.
  • Steve Patterson, reporter, Florida Times-Union.

Then, celebrating Philippine Independence Day. We tell you where and how you can get involved.

Guests:

  • CJ Bautista, Jax Filipinos board member.
  • Tatiana Caballero Jax Filipinos member.
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Anne Schindler joined WJCT News 89.9 as host of First Coast Connect in October 2023, after nearly three decades in Jacksonville print and television. Anne has worked in the Jacksonville media market since 1995, first as a reporter for the original Folio Weekly, then as the publication’s editor-in-chief from 2002 until her departure. In 2012, Anne transitioned to television as executive producer of special projects for First Coast News, Northeast Florida’s NBC and ABC affiliates. You can reach Anne at aschindler@wjct.org.