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First Coast ConnectIncumbent Mayor Alvin Brown and challenger Lenny Curry are in the home stretch leading into next Tuesday’s election. Last night the two held the second of…
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Democratic incumbent mayor Alvin Brown and Republican mayoral challenger Lenny Curry went head to head Monday night in the second of three candidate…
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Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner joined Congresswoman Corrine Brown, Congressman Cedric Richmond and Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown at a “Get…
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First Coast ConnectWe discuss the week's biggest news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: Topher Sanders, Florida Times-Union reporter;AG Gancarski, Folio…
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Thursday at City Hall, Republican City Councilman Bill Bishop made a surprise endorsement of incumbent Democratic Mayor Alvin Brown.Bishop had said in a…
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A coalition of clergy groups in Jacksonville is sounding the alarm about violent crime on the city’s streets.This as the city of Baltimore is cleaning up…
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A recent surge in gang violence has Jacksonville city officials scrambling for solutions. The mayor and sheriff are pushing separate initiatives to attack…
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First Coast ConnectAt the national level, there’s a push to bump up minimum-wage rates to keep pace with today’s cost of living. Corporations like Target and Wal-Mart…
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Nationwide, Democrats have made raising the minimum wage a rallying cry.Recently, the minimum wage debate has become an issue in the city's mayor's…
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First Coast ConnectWe discuss the week's biggest news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: Larry Hannan, Florida-Times Union reporter; Fred Matthews, Examiner…