Political

(Source: www.jaxtrib.org) – Civil rights groups and Jacksonville’s city attorneys will battle in federal court Friday in a hearing that could decide whether the city’s council districts are tossed or kept before the coming 2023 […]

BY RAFAEL BERNAL – (Source: www.thehill.com) – The Republican Party on Thursday announced it has hosted more than 5,000 separate events at its minority community centers, 38 multipurpose voter outreach spaces spread around 19 states. The […]

By Isaac Morgan Florida Phoenix Via FloridaPolitics.com – (Source www.miamitimesonline.com) – It’s been about four decades since a Florida woman – Republican Paula Hawkins of the Orlando area – was elected to the U.S. Senate […]

Judge Renatha Francis immigrated from Jamaica to Florida, where she began her legal career as a law clerk for Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. She was appointed to the Miami-Dade County Court in […]

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior –The failure of Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the George Floyd Justice in Police Act have already frustrated African Americans […]

(Source: www.jaxtrib.org) – Voting-rights groups told a federal judge they will ask the court to overturn the Jacksonville City Council redistricting plans before the 2023 elections because the council’s new maps disenfranchise Black voters by […]

by Sheila James Mayo, FL – Mayo is a small North Florida town that sits in the crook of the panhandle. Around 1,500 people call the community home.  And for all its diversity, charm, and […]

Councilman Terrance Freeman, the current Vice President of the Jacksonville City Council, recently became Council President and is the second straight Black Republican at large Councilman to hold the position. Running for re-election, Freeman will take over […]