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Elizabeth joined Jacksonville Today after five years at KWGS in Tulsa, Oklahoma, serving first as an anchor/reporter and then as news director. Her work has appeared at NPR, CBC, The Missouri Review and McSweeney’s. Her awards include first place finishes for investigative and enterprise journalism at both the national and state levels. She is a native of Fort Myers and holds a master’s degree from Hollins University.
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Housing officials gathered Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Palatka. From left are Ben Hobbs, assistant secretary of public and Indian housing for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development; Alesia Scott-Ford, HUD field office director; and Casey "Oche" Bridgeford, CEO of the Palatka Housing Authority. | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today
July 15, 2026

Florida housing officials consider work requirements for most aid programs

Housing authority officials across Florida are learning about restrictions proposed by the Trump administration.…

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Katrina Moore listens at a public meeting held by the Jacksonville Housing Authority on Saturday, June 26, 2026. | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today
July 1, 2026

Housing aid recipients would have 3 months to find work under new regulation

Some Jacksonville Housing Authority residents are concerned they wouldn’t have enough time.…

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Tewanna Jones (aka Pink Diamond) walks in front of the entrance to a public housing community in Jacksonville on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today
June 25, 2026

Jacksonville among first cities to push Trump’s housing aid cuts

The Jacksonville Housing Authority could adopt a two-year limit on assistance and mandate that tenants work. …

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Elizabeth Caldwell interviews a protester June 9, 2025, outside City Hall in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Protesters were opposing the deployment of the Marines and National Guard to Los Angeles. | Mike Simons
June 15, 2026

Hello, I’m Elizabeth Caldwell, Jax Today’s new investigative reporter

I’m a Fort Myers native who traveled to every continent on Earth before landing in Jacksonville.…