Each Friday, our panel of journalists dives into the week’s top headlines. Among our topics:
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis establishes a state DOGE task force to target local government, state agencies and college spending.
- State lawmakers consider a measure to end state property taxes.
- A Jacksonville widow files a wrongful death lawsuit against the defendants criminally charged with murdering her husband, Jared Bridegan.
- A grassroots group protests against building a new billion-dollar Duval County jail outside Downtown.
- A law firm drops the St. Johns County Airport Authority as a client, citing an alarming pattern of violations of Florida Sunshine Law, failure to disclose conflicts of interest and ethics violations.
Guests:
- Katie Jeffries, Good Morning Jacksonville anchor at First Coast News.
- Frank Powers, retired veteran assignment manager at News4Jax.
- Jack Webb, attorney and former City Council president.
- Noah Hertz, St. Johns County reporter at Jacksonville Today.
And, we discuss a new partnership between the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and an increasingly ubiquitous St. Augustine coffee shop, The Kookaburra, about what’s on tap for customers, and for the venue’s spring concert season.
Guests:
- Dianya Markovits, director of public relations for SJC Cultural Events, Inc.
- Spencer Hooker, founder & owner of The Kookaburra.
- Megan Vidal, founder & owner of The Kookaburra.
