The Duval County School Board is gaining City Council support for becoming the first entity in 57 years to break away from the city's general counsel and its power to issue binding legal opinions.

Jacksonville’s local government is facing serious turbulence. A high-stakes legal battle is taking flight between the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA), City Council — and a private aviation ...

Jacksonville City Council voted to appoint Jason Teal, current Council Secretary and former General Counsel, as in-house legislative counsel. The council also voted to contract with Jason Gabriel, ...

This week, Jacksonville City Council member Mike Gay introduced a resolution to formally request a review by the Florida Commission on Ethics of the decision by General Counsel Michael Fackler to hire ...

David Ross Fackler, 66, of Ephrata, passed away on March 6, 2025, surrounded by loving family. He was born in Hershey, PA to the late C. Robert and Jeanne B. (Gantz) Fackler and was the beloved ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville City Council and the Office of General Counsel held an intense special meeting at City Hall on Wednesday, which stemmed from the city’s contract with trash hauler ...

General Counsel Michael Fackler faces a no-confidence vote after City Council member Ron Salem filed a resolution that says Fackler's legal advice has given preferential treatment to Mayor Donna ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — No confidence: that’s the message one city councilmember wants their colleagues to send to the city’s top attorney, General Counsel Michael Fackler. The spat between the city’s ...

Charlotte Romaine Fackler, 80, of Elizabethtown, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024 at Elizabethtown Nursing and Rehabilitation. Born in West Donegal Township, she was the daughter of the late John ...

1914 ~ 2008 Resident of Livermore Catherine passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the age of 94, surrounded by her family. Kay, as all her friends called her, was born in the small, ...