Nick Howland said he attended the game hours south of Jacksonville “to help raise funds for my political committee” but declined to share more specifics about the fundraiser.
Author Archives: Molly Farrar
Molly Farrar covers accountability and policy in the consolidated city-county government of Jacksonville for The Florida Trib. Before joining us as a Report for America corps member, Farrar worked as a staff writer for Boston.com with the Boston Globe, WHDH Channel 7, and as a freelance reporter in the Greater Boston area covering local politics. Her news and transportation reporting won regional awards, and Farrar was selected as a First Amendment Institute Fellow with the New England First Amendment Coalition. Her investigative work on criminal justice and prisons was published in GBH News and The Intercept. Her stories have also appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Boston Globe. Farrar graduated from Boston University with a degree in journalism and cello performance, where she also served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Free Press, the independent student newspaper. You can reach Molly at molly.farrar@floridatrib.org.
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Mayor Deegan’s budget includes record $209 million payment for police and fire retirement debt
That payment, in addition to Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed billion-dollar police and fire budget, means costs for police service, fire protection and public-safety retirement costs make up more than 63 percent of the city’s entire $2 billion general fund.
Posted inElections
Matt Lufrano will take Duval County court judge bench after landslide victory
Criminal defense attorney Matt Lufrano was elected Duval County Judge in Tuesday’s primary election.
Posted inElections
A public defender and a prosecutor head to runoff for Duval County court Group 13 judge seat
Octavius Holliday and Melina Buncome will head to a runoff for Duval County judge on Nov. 3.
Posted inFlorida
With half-million dollar donation, Democrat Moné Holder flips at-large city council seat ahead of budget season
Holder’s win will give the Deegan administration another sympathetic ear on the 19-member body.
Posted inElections
Lawsuits fly in special election to fill at-large Jacksonville council seat
The bitter race to serve the remainder of Terrence Freeman’s at-large Jacksonville City Council term has attracted large campaign checks and been marred by lawsuits.
Posted inLocal Government
Jacksonville City Council finds its ‘prosecutor.’ Has he gone too far?
Jason Teal, a longtime city lawyer, has become an unusual – and unusually influential – fixer for the City Council’s Republican leadership
Posted inFlorida
Open Duval County Group 1 judge seat attracts two lawyers in private practice
Matt Lufrano, a criminal defense attorney who previously sought a judicial seat in 2024, and Latoya Williams Shelton, a family and personal injury attorney, are campaigning for the County Court judge Group 1 seat
Posted inFlorida
Three lawyers competing for vacant Duval County judge seat
Melina Buncome, Marquita Green, and Octavius Holliday Jr. are on the ballot to replace retiring Judge Mose Floyd
Posted inLocal Government
In tense meeting, Jacksonville aviation officials refuse to drop potential lawsuit
After hearing from city officials, who said the suit would tear away at the fabric of Jacksonville’s consolidated government, the board allowed for a 30-day window to mediate with City Hall outside court