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On Friday’s show: First Coast Week in Review

Brenda Priestly Jackson, Megan Mallicoat, Jake Stofan and Jim Piggott
Brenda Priestly Jackson, Megan Mallicoat, Jake Stofan and Jim Piggott

Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:

  • A Jacksonville City Council member pushes to keep a new jail out of traditionally redlined neighborhoods.
  • Teachers removed from their classrooms over social media comments sue the school district. 
  • A state lawmaker takes an interest in Duval Schools' seemingly vanishing $100 million “shortfall.” 
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis claims Schools of Hope will be locating in “places most people wouldn’t even go.”
  • The Jacksonville Transportation Authority sues the union that represents most of its employees.
  • Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is suing President Donald Trump, accusing him of racial discrimination when he was removed from the National Transportation Safety Board. 

Guests:

  • Jim Piggott, former City Hall reporter at News4Jax
  • Jake Stofan, state and local government reporter, Action News Jax
  • Megan Mallicoat, education reporter at Jacksonville Today
  • Brenda Priestly Jackson, attorney, former Jacksonville City Council member and Duval County School Board member

And, a father's tribute to the magic of toddlerhood — written when his daughter was just 4 days old. We ask attorney and football coach Zach Roth about postnatal inspiration, his path to publication, the joys of bedtime stories and … soup!

Guest: Zach Roth, attorney and author of The Air is Soup

Topics and guests subject to change.