July 18, 2022
I was talking to my son recently about travel, and I suggested that for his next spring break we visit…
July 17, 2022
OPINION | DeSantis shares blame for Aguilar fiasco
Former Florida Times-Union journalist Matt Dixon, now of POLITICO Florida, had a “scoop” the other day that illustrated tragedies throughout…
July 14, 2022
Citizen scientists help map the heat in Jacksonville
Extreme heat is the deadliest form of hazardous weather and Jacksonville will soon have data showing how the city is…
July 13, 2022
Northeast Florida Regional Conservation Efforts
This is the fourth webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…
July 12, 2022
THE JAXSON | Jacksonville’s surviving historic theaters
The Jaxson Magazine takes a look into the history of Jacksonville’s nine oldest surviving theaters.…
July 11, 2022
OPINION | What will the literature of tomorrow say?
Reckoning. That is the word that’s most often applied to this time we’re living in. It began with the confluence…
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
OPINION | Have Democrats lost the Jax mayoral race already?
For the first time in many years, two serious Democratic candidates are running for Jacksonville mayor. And for backers of…
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…
July 6, 2022
OPINION | ‘Fair Districts’ vote wasn’t the last word
After losing the governor’s mansion in 1998 and losing both chambers of the state Legislature a few years prior, Florida…
July 5, 2022
THE JAXSON | 7 coffee concepts headed to town
With the coffee industry expected to grow annually by 4.32% and proving to be recession-proof throughout the pandemic, Jacksonville has…
July 4, 2022
OPINION | Where do the women go?
As a woman it is not enough to demand “my body, my choice.” We have no solid ground on which…
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 28, 2022
OPINION | Remembering David, Jacksonville’s trailblazing gay magazine
From 1970 to 1974, Jacksonville was the headquarters of the first magazine to serve Florida’s gay community. In honor of…
June 27, 2022
OPINION | Bags of bundles for the Buppies
When I walked into the new Beauty Depot store on Southside Boulevard for the first time, it was like the…
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 26, 2022
OPINION | ‘Discipline and punish’: the Duval way
To the best of my knowledge, French philosopher Michel Foucault never made it to Duval County. And he likely never…
June 22, 2022
OPINION | Which candidate will be in sync with voters?
You never really know when voters are done and ready to move on until, well, they move on. Take the…
June 21, 2022
OPINION | Resolving the Downtown self-storage wars
Developers want to lift a ban on self-storage facilities in Downtown Jacksonville, but building such facilities could stifle streets and…
June 21, 2022
Florida Power & Light sets ambitious goal to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045
The parent company of Florida’s largest utility has announced plans to expand its use of solar energy and other renewable…
June 20, 2022
OPINION | I’ll take freedom over a holiday any day
“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired…nobody’s free until everybody’s free…if I fall, I’ll fall 5 feet…
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 14, 2022
THE JAXSON | 3 alternatives to demolishing 618 West Adams Street
A building possibly directly linked to the Great Fire of 1901 in LaVilla could be demolished soon. Here are a…