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Nonviolent ex-offenders now have a school designed to quickly train them for jobs at the JaxPort.The school, called the Jacksonville Port Academy, was…

Monday on “First Coast Connect,” guest host Jessica Palombo was joined by Darnell Smith, incoming co-chair of the JAX Chamber, and Project New Hope…

The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce is spearheading an effort to get employers to give people with arrest records a chance.Representatives from dozens of…

Business leaders, advocates and politicos met in Jacksonville Wednesday to call for solutions to mass incarceration.Two of Operation Reform’s attendees…