MAYOR DONNA DEEGAN

Former State Senator Audrey Gibson resigned from her role with the city of Jacksonville as the head of the Grants and Compliance division.

There might be a cease-fire in the latest battle over Confederate monuments in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is calling out the Republican-led city council, calling outrage surrounding the removal of the Confederate monument in Springfield Park a “manufactured controversy.”

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced Tuesday the appointment of a new chief of staff. This comes days after the city announced former Chief of Staff Pat McCollough would no longer serve in that role.

The Jacksonville City Council’s Finance Committee on Wednesday will take up Mayor Donna Deegan’s $25 million transformation funding package.

Mayor Donna Deegan's plan to spend $25 million on a variety of issues that came up during transition meetings with the public. Deegan is proposing using federal funds left over from COVID-19 and other city money to pay for programs ranging from housing, public safety, recreation and more.

State Representative Dean Black has filed legislation that would punish lawmakers who vote to successfully take down Confederate monuments. If it is passed next year by the Florida legislature, it would have a big impact on what’s happening in Jacksonville with Confederate monuments.

It was a packed house filled with plenty of listening ears as Mayor Donna Deegan held her 12th community conversation event.

One of the biggest concerns in Jacksonville is housing, or the lack of it. The News4JAX I-TEAM has been showing you many of the concerns over the years. Most recently the poor conditions at an eastside apartment complex.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference on Tuesday evening to announce the end of a $98 million contract with Armor Correctional Health Services, which administers healthcare to inmates at the Duval County jail.

Mayor Deegan is officially in her new office on the fourth floor of city hall.