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On this episode of First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, we discussed climate change and sea level rise on the First Coast.

Friday’s First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross Media Roundtable discussed some of the top stories of the week, including:

A bill that would let voters decide on electing rather than appointing a superintendent for the Duval County Public Schools is generating controversy. 

Thursday on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, we started with the latest on the Jacksonville City Council's investigation into JEA.

The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is underway.

Monday marks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  For the second year in a row, Jacksonville will have two major MLK breakfasts Friday in advance of the holiday. 

On this episode of First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, we examined the allegations of sexual abuse against the Catholic Church.

The mushrooming JEA scandal is now in the sights of federal prosecutors. We spoke with City Councilman Ron Salem as the feds begin looking into JEA.

On this episode of First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, we took a look at Jacksonville’s homicide rate.

On this episode of First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, a panel of journalists discussed top stories in the first Media Roundtable of the decade, including:

A new coalition of business and civic leaders is speaking out about the aborted attempt to sell JEA.

New rules went into effect this month on the sale of CBD products in Florida.

The Duval County Democratic Party is calling on State Attorney Melissa Nelson to recuse herself from investigating JEA.

Nancy Soderberg, a foreign policy strategist who served as the third-ranking official on the Clinton Administration's National Security Council, and as an Alternate Representative to the United Nations as a Presidential Appointee with the rank of Ambassador, joined us for a closer look at what the escalating tensions in Iran might mean for the military community in Northeast Florida.