December 22, 2022
Dozens of books the Duval County school district ordered in the summer of 2021 will never hit classroom shelves. That’s…
December 14, 2022
JSO blames software issue for missing Kent Stermon access logs
Influential Republican donor Kent Stermon, who died last week, used a personal badge to access Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office buildings more…
December 13, 2022
Mayor Lenny Curry could be violating the First Amendment on Twitter
Navy veteran Mandie Marron was stationed in Jacksonville almost two decades ago. She joined Twitter mostly to keep up on…
November 30, 2022
Duval Schools terminates contract with LGBTQ+ support organization
Duval County Public Schools has ended a 20-year relationship with JASMYN, Northeast Florida’s leading LGBTQ support organization for young people.…
November 29, 2022
$500K idling, facilitators ghosted: A timeline of Jax Confederate monument inaction
Advocates for removing Jacksonville’s Confederate monuments are growing impatient, as two pots of money for addressing Confederate monuments on public…
November 20, 2022
EXPLORE: How DeSantis’ congressional map affected Northeast Florida midterms
Republicans narrowly flipped the U.S. House this election cycle, gaining four seats in Florida — including one in the newly…
November 18, 2022
Jacksonville’s annual pride parade is Sunday, delayed by Hurricane Ian
Jacksonville’s annual LGBTQ pride parade is this Sunday starting at Willbranch Park, more than a month after it was originally…
November 8, 2022
T.K. Waters is Jacksonville’s next sheriff
T.K. Waters, a former chief of investigations for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, will take over the top seat after securing…
November 7, 2022
EXPLORE: Duval GOP leads early voting ahead of Election Day
About 30% of registered Duval County voters have already cast a ballot – that’s more than 136,000 people who voted…
November 6, 2022
‘Poll chaplains’ prep for Jacksonville Election Day
Southside Jacksonville evangelist Doris Rodgers spent her Friday morning posted outside the Northside’s Highlands Regional Library, one of Jacksonville’s early…
November 1, 2022
Condom demo policy approved; more sex ed changes coming in Duval
The Duval County school district has published new, proposed sex education materials ahead of a public vote next month. The…
October 26, 2022
NOV. 8 VOTER GUIDE: Duval, Alachua Soil and Water Conservation Districts
These are the candidates for soil and water conservation district in Duval and Alachua counties. Soil and water conservation districts…
October 20, 2022
Duval Schools still out of compliance with new state laws
The Florida State Board of Education says Duval Schools is one of 11 districts not complying with new state laws,…
October 18, 2022
QUIZ: How well do you know the Jacksonville sheriff candidates?
Early, in-person voting starts next week in the special election to replace former Sheriff Mike Williams. The first election in…
October 14, 2022
City Council takes redistricting discussion behind closed doors
Jacksonville leaders have decided that their discussion about local voting districts will be come outside the public eye. The council…
October 12, 2022
NOV. 8 VOTER GUIDE: Northeast Florida judges
Voters don’t pick Florida Supreme Court and appellate judges, but they can fire them through a nonpartisan “merit retention vote”…
September 30, 2022
Devastated Southwest Florida calls for volunteers after Ian
Florida emergency management is calling on volunteers from across the state who can donate their time to hurricane cleanup in…
September 27, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Answering your local Hurricane Ian questions
The Jacksonville Today team is answering storm prep questions ahead of Hurricane Ian making landfall on Florida’s west coast tomorrow.…
September 21, 2022
State law should protect Nassau Gullah/Geechee cemeteries, but lawmakers didn’t close loopholes
This is Part 2 of a two-part Jacksonville Today series. Read Part 1. For decades, Madelyn Dinkins-Smith’s family members have…
September 20, 2022
Gullah/Geechee families fight to protect burial sites in Nassau County’s Wildlight development
This is Part 1 of a two-part Jacksonville Today series. Read Part 2. Deep in the woods of Nassau County, on…
September 15, 2022
Jacksonville Sheriff debate: Waters highlights experience and Burton champions change
Jacksonville sheriff candidates Lakesha Burton (D) and T.K. Waters (R) answered questions about crime, police misconduct, money and more during…
August 26, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Why wasn’t the school tax referendum during the general election when more people vote?
With the August primary in the books, and most races going to runoff elections November 8, the Jacksonville Today team…
August 23, 2022
Duval voters approve higher tax for schools; DeSantis-endorsed School Board candidates win
The Duval school district is getting another financial boost from voters. With 53% of the vote, Duval voters on Tuesday…
August 18, 2022
Sheriff candidate T.K. Waters says his voter registration is ‘inadvertently’ out of date
Jacksonville sheriff candidate T.K. Waters says he “inadvertently” remained registered to vote at an old address while waiting for his…