July 14, 2022
Extreme heat is the deadliest form of hazardous weather and Jacksonville will soon have data showing how the city is…
July 11, 2022
City, nonprofits offer help for homebuyers in Northwest Jacksonville
Cheri Randolph is a homebody. She prefers cooking a meal for her boys and the other mundane activities that turn…
July 10, 2022
Another LGBTQ resource disappears in Duval Schools
Duval County Public Schools has taken down a 12-minute anti-bullying video that taught middle and high school students how to…
June 29, 2022
Florida’s most controversial new laws take effect Friday. Here’s what they mean for Northeast Fla.
Almost 150 new laws will take effect in Florida on Friday, including some that opponents are still trying to stop:…
June 27, 2022
Black labor fuels Jacksonville’s maritime industry
JAXPORT is on pace for another record-setting year in container volume, a volume that would not be possible without its…
June 20, 2022
From Green Cove Springs to D.C.: Congressional Black Caucus executive director has local roots
A Jax Today Q&A with Vince Evans Vince Evans stood against a wall, listening and nodding as Rep. Sheila Jackson…
June 15, 2022
More than a third of Jacksonville Sheriff’s officers don’t live in Duval County
Jacksonville’s recently resigned sheriff, Mike Williams, isn’t the only one who was policing the county while living somewhere else. Data…
June 12, 2022
To fight violent crime, Jacksonville offering Rise Up grants for nonprofits
Shontae Jackson does not need to be told how devastating it can be when a family member’s life is shockingly…
June 6, 2022
Jacksonville’s Small Business Equity Fund is stimulus for overlooked companies
Dara Davis started All Construction Group, a company she operates out of her home on Jacksonville’s Northside, in March of…
June 1, 2022
Local leaders respond to Sheriff Mike Williams’ move out of Jacksonville
Jacksonville’s office of general counsel is set to weigh in by 2 p.m. Thursday on whether Sheriff Mike Williams should…
May 26, 2022
Former Jax area Wells Fargo SVP says he was fired for objecting to fake interviews for non-white candidates
A Jax Today Q&A with Joe Bruno Joe Bruno, a former executive at Wells Fargo, claimed this month in The…
May 24, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Why doesn’t Florida have rent control?
The Jacksonville Today team is answering your housing questions, as rents in the region have climbed by more than twice…
May 17, 2022
What Duval Schools is cutting from its LGBTQ+ Support Guide
In response to Florida’s new, critic-dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” law, Duval County Public Schools plans to slash the district’s decade-old…
May 17, 2022
Some Black groups say they were left out of Jacksonville’s bicentennial, so they’re holding their own events instead
Celebrating the city’s two centuries of history – warts and all – was the challenge the Jacksonville Historical Society was…
May 16, 2022
‘It all boils down to one paragraph.’ Duval Schools could change its LGBTQ support guide Tuesday
The Duval County School Board is set to meet Tuesday morning to discuss an update to its LGBTQ support guide,…
May 12, 2022
EXPLORE: How much did rent go up in your neighborhood?
Rent prices in the Jacksonville metro area have increased by more than 30% since the start of the pandemic —…
May 11, 2022
Hello, I’m Jacksonville Today Reporter Will Brown
The first time I truly understood the power, the potential and grace of journalism was when I screwed up. I…
May 1, 2022
Independent Florida water providers are shutting down. American Beach’s doesn’t want to be next.
Construction will begin soon on a new water and sewer system in American Beach, the historically African American community in…
April 10, 2022
Climbing costs leave Jacksonville families struggling for food
Jacksonville mom Krista Jones is buying beans instead of meat for protein. It’s one of the creative steps she’s had…
March 22, 2022
’60 Minutes’ takes on the Jax rental market
A young couple recently moved to Jacksonville, planning to buy a starter home. Instead, they find themselves still in a…
February 27, 2022
EXPLORE: Is your voting precinct one of Jax’s highest-turnout? Or the lowest?
Plus, 5 takeaways from the City Council election Republican Nick Howland will be sworn in on Jacksonville’s City Council Wednesday,…
February 15, 2022
QUIZ: How well do you know Jacksonville’s at-large group 3 candidates?
Early voting is underway in the race to fill the Jacksonville at-large city council seat vacated by the late Tommy…
November 10, 2021
Duval students are growing more diverse, so DCPS wants teachers to be, too
When Ingrid Carias began working in the Duval County Public School system around 2014, there were about 5,500 students the…
May 4, 2021
Dad Suspected Of Killing 2 Sons, Including UF Bat Boy, Burning Home, And Killing Himself
A father was suspected of killing his two young sons early Tuesday – including an 11-year-old who was regularly the…