Action News Jax Ben Becker has learned from multiple sources that a University of Florida committee will recommend to the Board of Trustees on Thursday that a new downtown Jacksonville UF graduate campus should be built in LaVilla, near the Prime Osbourn Convention Center.

Jacksonville’s City Council approved an additional $4 million from its general fund for Meridian Waste on Tuesday night, as Action News Jax Ben Becker learned there are financial, family, and political ties between numerous council members and the waste hauler.

The office of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan claims food and drinks aboard Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s opulent $360 million super yacht is worth $50 per person. Now, the City of Jacksonville’s ethics office will decide.

Action News Jax Ben Becker has learned Mayor Donna Deegan and numerous members of Jacksonville’s City Council on Monday attended an invitation-only ‘holiday event’ on-board Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s massive Kismet yacht that is docked downtown.

The Jacksonville City Council is expected to vote on the future of the historic Laura Street Trio on Tuesday, which could clear the way for its sale to a new owner, but the city may be interested as well.

There’s division on the St. Johns County Board of Commissioners, as the new board chair puts her imprint on the commission a year after her future on the board was in doubt.

A tire fire continues to burn at a recycling center in North Jacksonville.

Citizens Property Insurance, a major downtown employer is still exploring all options to leave its current location at the EverBank Center, as safety concerns Action News Jax first reported have become public.

Sources tell Action News Jax’s Ben Becker that an executive with CSX is the leading candidate to fill the open board seat at JEA.

JEA is looking for a new board member after the resignation of Edward Waters University President Dr. A. Zachary Faison.

Action News Jax is digging deeper into an investigation regarding Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Bernier.

Action News Jax Ben Becker has obtained a confidential report regarding the behavior of Duval County School Superintendent Dr. Christopher Bernier at his previous job.

A local pastor with a dark past as a sex offender is accused of not practicing what he preaches by taking money from families.

Jacksonville’s Office of Inspector General said JEA needs to better train board members about Sunshine Law violations.

The general election is two weeks from Tuesday and a local judge who is running to hold her seat is under a state investigation and is being accused of an abuse of power by a local state’s attorney.