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First Coast ConnectWe discuss the week's top news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: Fred Matthews, Examiner blogger; John Burr, Jacksonville Business Journal…
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First Coast ConnectState Representative Janet Adkins joins the show to discuss Jacksonville's Police and Fire Pension Fund. Adkins and other officials have asked Governor…
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First Coast ConnectMayor Alvin Brown said Wednesday he strongly supports a new pension reform proposal developed by two private citizens in consultation with the mayor's…
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First Coast ConnectThe results of election 2014 and Jacksonville's pension are making headlines this week.Governor Rick Scott narrowly won re-election Tuesday, defeating…
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First Coast ConnectAs Mayor Alvin Brown called on the Jacksonville City Council to pass his proposed pension reform legislation last week, the city's most influential…
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First Coast ConnectThe 2014 Florida governor's race and Jacksonville's pension are making headlines this week.A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Florida Governor Rick…
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First Coast ConnectJacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown says he will veto any attempt by City Council to pay down the city’s pension costs by way of a sales tax.Brown made his…
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First Coast ConnectLucrative retirement benefits for the city’s police and firefighters are renewing calls for reform.An investigative report in the Florida Times-Union is…
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A new University of North Florida poll is giving local officials an idea of how Jacksonville feels about everything from pension reform to an updating the…
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The Jacksonville Retirement Reform Task Force has agreed to many of the proposals set forth by Mayor Alvin Brown to revamp the city’s pension plan. Still…