Skyway cars move into the LaVilla station of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A cursive handwriting practice sheet. The Florida Legislature passed a bill that mandates cursive instruction for grades three through five. | Photo illustration by Kaley Mantz

The bed in the execution room. | Florida Department of Corrections

Gateway Jax Inc. wants to build 100,000 square feet of office space in its $750 million Pearl Square development Downtown. | Gateway Jax Inc.

A Downtown Investment Authority committee voted 3-0 on Thursday to move forward with plans for a restaurant at Riverfront Plaza on the Downtown Northbank. | The Choptank via Jacksonville Daily Record

The Mag’s Cafe building is one of two historic building renovations projects the Jacksonville City Council awarded incentives on Tuesday. | Dan Macdonald, Jacksonville Daily Record

State Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, speaks loudly on the House floor as the House voted on a redistricting bill Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee. | Mike Stewart, AP

A view down the street in Brooklyn. | News4Jax

A voting booth. Some Florida voters may be casting ballots in new congressional districts if maps proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis are enacted.

Sen. Clay Yarborugh of Jacksonville sponsored a bill expanding vaccine exemptions. | Florida House of Representatives

Family photos of Brian Tracey kept by his sister, Lillian Scharf, who has tried for three years to get answers about how her brother died at a jail in St. Johns County in 2023. | Greg Kahn for ProPublica

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the White House in March. He unveiled a new congressional map Monday. | Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP

State Rep. Angie Nixon. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Sen. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, sponsored a bill that prohibited local governments from using taxpayer dollars to fund diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programs. He spoke during a bill signing Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Hilliard Volunteer Fire Department firefighter James Crews. | Nassau County Sheriff's Office

A house under construction. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Gov. Ron DeSantis tosses a pen to a member of the audience after signing a bill that will outlaw diversity, equity and inclusion in local governments on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. DeSantis is joined by members of the Florida Legislature who supported the bill, from left, Rep. Kiyan Michael, R-Jacksonville; Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville; Sen. Clay Yarborough R-Jacksonville; and Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

People sit in front of a makeshift memorial outside the student union at Florida State University in Tallahassee on April 17, 2025, after a campus shooting. | Kate Payne, AP

Tampa International Airport hosted Florida's first manned air taxi demonstration in November 2023. | Tampa International Airport, St. Pete Catalyst

House Speaker Daniel Perez takes questions on the House floor after his chamber approved eight bills on Jan. 15, 2026, the third day of Florida's legislative session. | Douglas Soule, WUSF

Ballot boxes at a voting booth. | Felix, rawpixel.com, stock.adobe.com

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, state Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, and Jacksonville City Council Member Ju'Coby Pittman announce a $3 million investment in job training programs in Northwest Jacksonville on Thursday, April 16, 2026, near a memorial to the victims of a race-motivated shooting at a Dollar General in Grand Park. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today