Donna Deegan

The city's new mayor proposed her first budget with an emphasis on repairing crumbling infrastructure, ensuring public safety and coping with climate change.

Mayor Donna Deegan is assembling a more expensive City Hall executive team than that of her predecessor, Lenny Curry.

Former City Council members, businesspeople and others will fill positions in the administration of mayor-elect Donna Deegan.

Jacksonville Mayor-elect Donna Deegan said her new executive team comes from across the political spectrum and represents the culture of collaboration she wants to have as she takes office July 1.

Jacksonville Mayor-elect Donna Deegan announced transition committees that will focus on seven topics ranging from infrastructure to arts.

Jacksonville Mayor-elect Donna Deegan called the team "a brilliant group of leaders who collectively embody our guiding values."

Deegan, the charity founder and former TV anchor, beat Davis, the Jax Chamber CEO, by 52% to 48%.

The candidate for Jacksonville mayor lists infrastructure, private development, small businesses and diverse city boards as other priorities.

Republican Daniel Davis and Democrat Donna Deegan staged their only televised debate Thursday.

A nonpartisan forum with City Council and mayoral candidates is planned Monday at WJCT Studios. Then the mayoral candidates will debate again April 28 at the Beaches.