Nine City Council members voted in committees for Jacksonville creating its own immigration enforcement law. Six council ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two Jacksonville city councilmembers are taking aim at the issue of illegal immigration. Jacksonville City Councilmembers Rory Diamond and Kevin Carrico each filed bills ...

The City of Jacksonville and Meridian Waste reached ... After Deegan vetoed the first bill and City Council overrode her veto on a 14-4 vote, city General Counsel Michael Fackler issued a binding ...

Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is training its eyes again on city and county governments, with dozens of bills limiting what they can do.

The bill would pay for more mobile fingerprinting devices and require 30 days in jail for people in US without authorization ...

A controversial bill from Jacksonville legislators targeting local government policies is gaining traction in Florida's ...

He said his bill was drafted by city Office of General Counsel attorneys and "vetted by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office attorney" who all gave a green light for him to file it. He said despite ...

A scathing survey of Jacksonville City Council employees is leading to a leadership change as a former Jacksonville General Counsel will take over as Council Director. A one-cycle emergency bill has ...

City Council member Kevin Carrico said he's heard Mayor Donna Deegan plans to veto his immigration bill. Mayor's office says that's not correct.

Council member Kevin Carrico, who filed the bill, and Sheriff Waters argue that the law is necessary to address the impacts of illegal immigration on the city. Jacksonville City Council will jump ...

On March 18, the Council Land Use and Zoning Committee sent the ordinance to a final vote by the full Council. The version ...

Jacksonville City Council is considering a bill that would create local immigration law, a move the ACLU says is unconstitutional. Council member Kevin Carrico, who filed the bill, says it will ...