Month: August 2026

Public-private partnership addresses chronic funding shortfalls to increase supply of affordable multifamily rental housing units –  April 10, 2024 (Jacksonville, Florida) – Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan today announced she is committing $10 million in her proposed […]

Five Tampa Bay residents filed a federal lawsuit today alleging the Florida Legislature racially gerrymandered its Senate districts, reducing Black residents’ voting power. Their lawsuit claims the Legislature intentionally packed Black voters from Tampa and St. Petersburg […]

Enjoy culinary masters, delectable bites, entertainment and down-home hospitality April 27 + 28 St. Augustine, FL – The annual Hastings Cabbage, Potato and Bacon Festival is back and better than ever! Held in the heart of downtown […]

School safety concerns continue to grow. So, in June 2020, Florida lawmakers passed Alyssa’s Law, requiring schools to put silent panic alert buttons in classrooms. To ensure compliance with Alyssa’s law, two of the leading panic button providers […]

Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Unfortunately, many may never get the call saying that a suitable donor organ — and a second chance at life — has been found. […]

COMMENTARY  NNPA NEWSWIRE — Eclipse enthusiasts congregated at numerous vantage points along the path, which spanned from Mexico’s Pacific Coast through Texas, traversing 14 other U.S. states before reaching Canada. Cities like Wilmington, Del., Philadelphia, […]