DONNA DEEGAN

This Friday evening the Mandarin Community Club is hosting their 4th annual Mandarin Christmas Tree lighting. This year Mayor Donna Deegan will light their Christmas tree.

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

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival will celebrate its tenth anniversary December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at the Kent Campus of FSCJ.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters responded on Tuesday after a segment of a city report said the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office isn’t doing enough to fight violent crime.

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.

The Jacksonville City Council’s Special Committee on Homelessness and Affordable Housing was announced by City Council President Ron Salem in October 2023. The group held its first meeting on Monday.

After nearly six months, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan's transition team has released its final report outlining the mayor's plans for the River City.

Mayor Donna Deegan will join the COO of the United Way of Northeast Florida to kick off the annual United Way campaign Tuesday morning.

Mayor Donna Deegan and Harrison Conyers, Director of Military Affairs and Veterans Services for the City of Jacksonville, will highlight the work of the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP) and recognize two of its participants, on Thursday, November 9.

While it’s not a done deal, work continues and it seems a new Medical Examiner’s office and morgue are going to be built in a Brentwood neighborhood despite a fight from community leaders.

Millions of dollars could be going back into the Jacksonville community and into other programs to address critical issues.

Many eyes are watching what’s happening with development all across Jacksonville, with new housing going up everywhere, and of course, many are wondering what will happen next with the proposed Jacksonville Jaguars stadium renovation project.

Downtown Jacksonville, with a flurry of riverfront construction, is finally starting to grow again after years of stagnation, according to a new report from Downtown Vision which tracks and analyzes downtown’s performance in key indicators of urban revitalization, such as development and investment, residential demand and tourism health.

Lakesha Burton, Jacksonville’s Director of Community Initiatives, has stepped down from her role.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue and city leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for Station 64, which is on Harts Road, just off I-95.

The event will celebrate diversity in our Northeast Florida workforce and honor individual leaders, employee resource groups, corporations and non-profit partners, while focusing support for our LGBTQIA+ teens and young adults.

The Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens broke ground Friday on Manatee River, a gift from J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, and the new VyStar SkyScape entrance.

Mayor Deegan said she wants the new stadium to make sense for both the city of Jacksonville and the team.

On Friday, Mayor Donna Deegan will launch "Resilient Jacksonville,” a 50-year strategy to ensure the River City's infrastructure is strong enough and adaptable enough to confront flooding and extreme heat.

Mayor Donna Deegan, Chief of Disabled Services Kara Tucker, and community stakeholders to honor White Cane Awareness Day at City Hall on Thursday.

The city’s first female mayor has already faced many high-profile issues since she was sworn into office three months ago, from a racist mass murder to plans for the stadium, and a hurricane threat.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan took office on July 1, so she’s been in office for a total of 103 days, as of Wednesday.

City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass legislation against Florida PACE Funding Agency, which city leaders say is responsible for "predatory lending."

In a 16-1 vote, Jacksonville City Council showed its support for Israel by passing an emergency resolution Tuesday night, saying the city of Jacksonville mourns the loss of life and "unequivocally" stands with Israel as it defends itself.

Under the current proposal for stadium renovations, work would begin in 2025 and would take the Jaguars away from Jacksonville for two seasons.

Mayor Donna Deegan took office on July 1, so she’s been in office for 100 days. News4JAX looks at Deegan's biggest challenges and what lies ahead.

Thousands of community members, Floridians and out-of-towners came to celebrate love during Jacksonville’s Pride celebration this past weekend in Riverside and 5 Points.

On Jacksonville’s Northside, Mayor Donna Deegan met with people living in District 2 on Thursday night to learn more about the issues affecting their everyday lives.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters came out with strong statements during a news conference on Wednesday in the wake of a surge of shootings and child deaths. The sheriff asked where the leaders were and accused some of having selective outrage.

Deegan is meeting with 50 companies and agencies to promote the city. Most of it deals with financial technology, known as “Fintech.”

Mayor Donna Deegan is in London, but she talked with News4JAX on Wednesday about the troubling violent crimes happening in Jacksonville.

On Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council is expected to pass Mayor Donna Deegan’s $1.7 billion budget.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan met with 50 companies in London over 5 days in an effort to form what she called a “great partnership” that could produce more jobs in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan will be traveling to Washington on Friday to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss gun violence.

Gateway Jax, a commercial real estate company, announced plans Wednesday for a mixed-use development in the North Core area of Downtown Jacksonville that will cost $500 million.

The city of Jacksonville started the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations Monday morning at City Hall with a special exhibit called Voces Hispanas, an oral history project that aims to embrace the legacy of the Hispanic community in Northeast Florida.

The woman who is the top choice of Mayor Donna Deegan to become the city’s next top lawyer has taken her name out of the running

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

On Friday morning, family members gathered at The Bethel Church in downtown Jacksonville to celebrate her life.

Family, friends and the Jacksonville community are paying their final respects to those who died in a racist attack at a Dollar General store in New Town.

The woman who is the top choice of Mayor Donna Deegan to become the city’s next top lawyer is running into some resistance.

Nearly one week after a gunman killed three Black people in New Town, National civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the Anti-Defamation League announced plans Monday to bring a hate crime summit to Jacksonville.

The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism issued a warning Friday as online chatter indicates antisemitic, white supremacist groups may be planning a march somewhere in Florida this weekend.

In her final media briefing on the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, which became a tropical storm Wednesday evening, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan acknowledged that Duval County was lucky that it was spared the worst of the impacts.

Hurricane Idalia made her way through Riverside on Wednesday, leaving damage and wet conditions behind.

A beloved former Jacksonville City Council member has died.

The latest updates on Hurricane Idalia preparations for Duval County.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan on Monday is set to hold a news conference along with emergency management officials to give an update on preparations for Tropical Storm Idalia.

A Jacksonville church held a prayer vigil to remember the lives of those killed in Saturday’s shooting and to encourage a hurting community during a difficult time.

A shooting attack Saturday inside a Dollar General on Kings Road that the sheriff said was “racially motivated” came five years to the day of a deadly mass shooting at The Jacksonville Landing.

Three people are dead after what Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said was a “racially-motivated” shooting that is being called a hate crime by the FBI at a Dollar General on Kings Road that prompted heavy police and SWAT response in Northwest Jacksonville.

The property where a liquor store was projected to open across from an elementary school in Northwest Jacksonville will be purchased by the City of Jacksonville, according to Mayor Donna Deegan, who made the announcement at one of her most anticipated meetings.

Members of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted to not fund the Director of Diversity position that pays over $180,000 a year.

Saying her nominee for general counsel is “facing a smear campaign,” Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference Wednesday to rally support for Randy DeFoor’s appointment.

Former City Council member Randy DeFoor is Mayor Donna Deegan’s pick to become Jacksonville’s next general counsel. But it’s DeFoor’s former role as a city council member that might be the problem.

There were more people than seats available at Monday night’s Arlington meeting hosted by Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan.

The River City was once the winter film capital of the world and a major contributor of silent films. Norman Studios, located in Arlington, was among the first studios in the nation to produce films starring African Americans in positive roles.

Mayor Donna Deegan on Wednesday announced a huge budget increase of $21.7 million for Jacksonville’s Mowing and Landscape Maintenance Division — a 95-percent increase from the 2022 budget.

While the Jacksonville Jaguars are gearing up for another preseason game, the city is now gearing up for contract talks to renovate the stadium and surrounding areas.

Fix the problems by Saturday or don’t get paid. That’s the message Jacksonville housing officials have for the landlords of a troubled apartment complex that the News4JAX I-TEAM first exposed last month. City leaders tell the I-TEAM that management at the Cascade Apartments in Grand Park has been told to correct all problems by Saturday otherwise affected residents can withhold their rent.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and Councilman Joe Carlucci on Thursday night continued her series of community meetings in San Marco.

The Jacksonville City Council began debating how your tax dollars are going to be spent. On Thursday, they took up two top priorities, the fire department and the sheriff's office. Each department is asking for more financial help, and it looks like they're going to get it.

City leaders are asking Jacksonville drivers to obey Florida law and Move Over for first responder vehicles.

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.

Thanks to a local union, 20 Florida college students had their financial load lightened on Monday.

Jacksonville city officials, nonprofit leaders and private stakeholders met this week on Mayor Donna Deegan’s housing subcommittee on Friday.

Some comments from Mayor Donna Deegan on Thursday during her first of 14 community conversations had many people talking about the city's stadium negotiations with the Jaguars.

Mayor Donna Deegan made promises during her campaign to bring back a popular crime-fighting tool in Jacksonville that was dumped or changed by past administrations: The Jacksonville Journey.

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event next Thursday. She hopes to cover everything from infrastructure and the economy to arts and entertainment and says it will be a chance for every voice in Jacksonville to be heard.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is planning on getting to know their neighbors Tuesday night during the annual National Night Out event.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan on Monday is set to announce plans to help keep city residents cool when extreme temperatures hit.

As part of her campaign promises, Mayor Donna Deegan called for changes in how Jacksonville handles public safety. Now members of her transition committee are working to make that happen.

City officials said that since October 2021, code enforcement inspectors have found 86 code violations at a Jacksonville apartment complex that has come under scrutiny after residents revealed they have been dealing with mold, crumbling staircases, rodents and more.

July is already the warmest month on record and the excessive heat has Mayor Donna Deegan’s administration worried about what is to come.

Mayor Donna Deegan will host her first “community conversation” event next Thursday. She hopes to cover everything from infrastructure and the economy to arts and entertainment and says it will be a chance for every voice in Jacksonville to be heard.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan's administration hopes to meet with the Jaguars to formally discuss stadium renovations by the end of next month.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan joined other city officials and HUD representatives at the Cascade Apartments on Kings Road Tuesday afternoon. This comes after the News4JAX I-TEAM reported on the mold, pest and structural problems there.

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 Donna Deegan presented her $1.7 billion budget to the Jacksonville City Council earlier this month.

The city has spent most of the COVID-19 relief money but now there is nearly $65 million left, and as the saying goes: it’s time to use it or lose it.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke adamantly Thursday against standards approved Wednesday by the Florida Board of Education that would teach middle school students that some Black people benefited from slavery.

Jacksonville is moving ahead with plans to fix a broken promise by putting people on city sewers instead of septic tanks. It could end up costing billions – over years - using both federal and local tax dollars

Jaguars owner Shad Khan opened a very large, $120 million birthday present Tuesday when he and other team leadership joined Jacksonville city and community representatives in cutting the ribbon on the Jaguars’ new training facility next to the stadium.

Mayor Donna Deegan presented her $1.7 billion budget Monday to the Jacksonville City Council — her first as the city’s newly elected mayor.

Mayor Donna Deegan will present her first 2023-2024 budget to the Jacksonville city council Monday.

Miller Electric broke ground Friday on a new innovation design center for electric vehicles that will pave the way for the future as more people move away from traditional transportation.

The budget proposal that Jacksonville mayor Donna Deegan will present to city council next week could include $429 million in city construction projects over the next year.

This week the city has been learning more about Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s plan for Jacksonville’s future.

With rents in Jacksonville in some places over $3,000 a month, affordable housing is a dream for over 100,000 people in the city.

Many of the city’s pools have been closed to start the summer, but there might be some hope ahead.

After years of promises and debate, residents could finally start seeing work begin on the old Jacksonville Landing site. A new park will eventually be built on what is now called Riverfront Plaza.

Mayor Donna Deegan was sworn in as the first woman mayor in Jacksonville on July 1, 2023. The ceremony brought up emotional moments in her life, tributes to her family and included an optimistic look ahead.

450 people were ticketed for the event at the River Club of Jacksonville, marking the night before Donna Deegan was to be officially inaugurated as Mayor of Jacksonville.

In 13 days, newly minted Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan will have to have a budget ready to present to the city council.

A 4-year-old boy died Sunday night after drowning in a pond in the Spring Park neighborhood.

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

Several people who attended the historic inauguration for newly-sworn in Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said witnessing history was their duty and standing behind Deegan is important to move the city forward.

History was made Saturday morning with Donna Deegan’s inauguration, making her the first woman to lead the River City.

Jacksonville is one day away from having a new mayor, meaning the pre-celebrations have commenced.

Mayor-Elect Donna Deegan, the first woman to be elected mayor of Jacksonville, will be officially sworn in to office Saturday amid two days of celebrations of the historic event.