The Mayor’s African American Advisory Committee held an event at City Hall on Thursday morning to commemorate Black History Month.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has learned a JEA board member resigned last week after he faced the possibility of removal.

On this edition of “This Week in Jacksonville,” Edward Waters College is now officially Edward Waters University. President Zachary Faison joins us on the show to talk about what the historic change means for students, staff and the community. Also, Florida TaxWatch President and CEO Dominic Calabro discusses the nonpartisan group’s view of the state budget that just went into effect this week. And the coordinated effort to protect American heroes from the horrors of war on this Independence Day: Elizabeth Sherr, the clinic director at the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Centerstone, joins us.

Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday thats hes allocating millions of state dollars to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In Jacksonville, the governors budget includes $6.4 million for Edward Waters College -- an increase of $3.5 million. This will enable literally thousands and thousands of our students to remain in their institutions.On Edward Waters Colleges website, a statement reads that the college will utilize of the additional support towards bringing new academic programs to the institution such as computer and information science, forensic science, social work, and the advent of the of the colleges first graduate degree program.When the colleges first graduate program launches, EWC can change its name, from Edward Waters College to Edward Waters University. The budget also allocates about $17 million in funding for Bethune-Cookman University -- an increase of $13 million. Florida Memorial University in Miami will receive $7 million -- an increase of $3.5 million.