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Lenny Curry Posts Another Big Fundraising Month
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Continuing a strong and sustained fund-raising push, Republican mayoral candidate Lenny Curry raised more than $226,000 in November through his campaign and a political action committee supporting his bid, according to the latest campaign-finance reports.Photos/Video0
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Floridas Business Groups Take Lead In Latest Push For Medicaid Expansion
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The number of Republican-controlled states deciding to reverse course and expand Medicaid continues to grow, with Tennessee joining the list Monday.A coalition of Florida businesses and health care organizations is urging Florida to join that list during the 2015 legislative session. The group has come up with a new Medicaid expansion proposal called ?A Healthy Florida Works? that embraces parts of previous failed attempts while added new components that are intended to garner the support of Republican and Democratic legislators who must approve any plan.0
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Jax Chamber PAC Endorses Nine Candidates For City Council Election
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The political arm of the JAX Chamber has endorsed nine candidates for next spring's City Council election, including two challenging incumbents.JAXBIZ, the non-partisan political action committee of JAX Chamber, selected their candidates based on their records and stances on "important" economic issues, like the deepening of the St. Johns River, downtown development and pension reform, according to a statement released Monday.Photos/VideoPhotos: 0
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Mike Hogan Reported Weighing Running For...something
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Mike Hogan, the former tax collector and state lawmaker who was nearly elected Jacksonville?s mayor in 2011, is apparently still weighing his next run for local office.Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland said Tuesday evening that Hogan told him in the past few days he was considering running either for mayor or for Holland?s job, which Holland is leaving because of term limits.The conversation wasn?t purely social.0
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Jacksonville Supporters Attend Rick Scott Job-focused Inauguration
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Mayor Alvin Brown and State Attorney Angela Corey were among the elected officials from Jacksonville who traveled to Tallahassee to attend Gov. Rick Scott?s jobs-focused inauguration ceremony Tuesday.Jacksonville Beach Vice Mayor Tom Taylor and former city general counsel Rick Mullaney were also spotted in the audience, as well as former City Councilman Art Graham, now chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission, and Patrick Kilbane, a member of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority Board.0
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As Deadline Approaches Candidates Begin Qualifying For City Council Races
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This spring's City Council races are beginning to take shape as candidates work to qualify to run before Friday's deadline.
While many candidates have already qualified halfway into the 5-day period, there are still some high-profile and well-funded candidates who have yet to submit the required signatures or pay the fee necessary for them to run for office.The deadline to qualify is Friday at noon.So far, here's a breakdown of qualified candidates for each race:At-Large Group 1: Terry Reed, Democrat; David Taylor, RepublicanAt-Large Group 2: None0
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Curry Camp Wastes No Time Criticizing Mayor Brown TV Spot
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Only hours after Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown's first TV spot began airing, Republican Lenny Curry's campaign pounced on what it says is a "blatantly dishonest" commercial, taking aim at Brown's touted accomplishments and seeking to undermine a narrative that Brown has been a non-partisan city leader.Brown's 30-second ad touts fiscally conservative accomplishments since 2011 ? reducing the size of government, cutting his own pay and refusing to raise taxes.Photos/VideoPhotos: 0
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District 4 City Council Candidate Receives Endorsements From Former Mayor Delaney Sheriff Rutherford
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Scott Wilson, a Republican candidate for District 4 on the City Council, received endorsements this week from Tax Collector Michael Corrigan, Sheriff John Rutherford and former Mayor John Delaney.He said he met with Corrigan last Saturday, Rutherford on Tuesday and Delaney on Friday.Wilson has worked as the assistant for City Councilman Don Redman since Redman took office in 2007. Redman has also endorsed him.0
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