September 26, 2022
Jacksonville’s $1.5 billion budget is going to be finalized on Tuesday night. Though it will include funding aimed at helping…
September 26, 2022
ADAPT | A Q&A with Jay Stowe, CEO of JEA
Stowe fills us in on skyrocketing electricity bills, a failed solar project, JEA’s future energy mix and the status of…
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 16, 2022
First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebrate. Appreciate. Educate. The First Coast Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and numerous others in the region, will do all three…
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…
September 8, 2022
Jaguars, NFL kick off with newfound commitment to coaching diversity
The NFL realizes it has a coaching diversity problem and the Jaguars are actively addressing it. When the Jaguars kick…
September 8, 2022
What’s next for the vacant MedMen in Five Points?
The vacant MedMen building in Five Points could be on the verge of sparking back to life, ending years of…
September 5, 2022
UNF alum leads Diversity in Business program to recruit more Black students
A Jax Today Q&A with Audrieanna Burgin Audrieanna Burgin could not resist coming home. Burgin is a Jacksonville native and…
August 31, 2022
Eastside gearing up for renaissance on its terms
Bobby Graham doesn’t trust the city of Jacksonville. The lifelong Eastside resident has seen too many promises go unfulfilled to…
August 28, 2022
Civil rights conference faces Jacksonville’s past, present and future: ‘It’s in your hands’
The inaugural Jacksonville Civil Rights Conference this past weekend explored how the city can move beyond its segregated history and…
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 25, 2022
5 takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Jacksonville
Voters across Florida cast ballots Tuesday in the state’s first primary elections after redistricting changed the lines for Congress and…
August 23, 2022
Rutherford, Cammack, Bean roll in Republican primaries; Holloway leads by tiny margin in D4 Dem contest
John Rutherford will return to Congress for a fourth term in the House of Representatives. The Jacksonville congressman defeated challengers…
August 23, 2022
Jax councilmen defeated in bids for Legislature, as House and Senate races all but decided in several local districts
Two Jacksonville City Council members fell short in their bids to springboard to seats in the state Legislature in Tuesday’s…
August 23, 2022
Waters, Burton advance to sheriff runoff; Clark-Murray clinches council seat; Gaffney Jr. favored in November race
Tuesday’s municipal special elections narrowed the field in races for sheriff city council and decided another council seat.…
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 21, 2022
Duval’s Black voters have mixed thoughts on congressional redistricting
Tuesday’s primary election will likely begin to close the book on a three-decade run of Black congressional representation in Jacksonville,…
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…
August 15, 2022
City Council delays affordable housing bill as advocates push for action
As protesters and advocates pushed for immediate emergency action, City Council granted itself more time to debate one of the…
August 15, 2022
Inside one of Jacksonville’s improving schools
Math teacher Tiffany Scott contacted News4JAX excited to share the news that George Washington Carver Elementary School had increased its…
August 15, 2022
Here’s what caused the flooding at new San Marco Publix
Publix Super Markets Inc. tried to tie down every detail of opening in East San Marco, but then the rain…
August 15, 2022
JinkoSolar: ‘The most automated factory in Florida’
Mike Favo peered through plexiglass into a precision laser-cutter machine Aug. 3 on the factory floor at JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.’s…
August 15, 2022
Starbucks on Southside will become drive-thru-only
The Starbucks Coffee shop at 9940 Southside Blvd. near the Bank of America office park is being renovated into drive-thru-only…