August 10, 2022
Challenger Tanya Hardaker and incumbent Charlotte Joyce are facing off to represent District 6 on the Duval County School Board.…
August 9, 2022
#AskJAXTDY | Will the proposed property tax for schools compound each year?
The Jacksonville Today team is answering your voting questions ahead of the August 23rd primaries. A hot topic? The Duval…
August 9, 2022
THE JAXSON | 6 Jacksonville day trips
There’s a lot to do in the Jacksonville area, and even more within a short drive. With summer winding down,…
August 9, 2022
Old Holy Rosary church in Springfield restored in time for centennial
A timeworn 99-year-old Catholic church in Springfield is being renovated by members of a traditionalist Catholic group whose congregation has…
August 9, 2022
Judge weighs challenge to ‘Stop WOKE Act’
A federal judge on Monday questioned part of a new Florida law that restricts the way businesses can address race-related…
August 8, 2022
PHOTO ESSAY | What is Jacksonville today?
What is Jacksonville Today? Florida State College at Jacksonville students answered that question through images.…
August 4, 2022
AUG. 23 VOTER GUIDE: Duval School Board District 2
Two candidates are running in Duval County School Board District 2, a non-partisan race. The August race, which would normally…
August 4, 2022
AUG. 23 VOTER GUIDE: Florida House District 14
Four Democrats are on the August ballot for the newly drawn state House District 14. The previous District 14 was…
August 3, 2022
AUG. 23 VOTER GUIDE: Property tax increase for Duval Schools
The Duval County School Board is asking property owners to pitch in more for public schools. All Duval voters are…
August 3, 2022
OPINION | For candidates, public scrutiny is part of the process
The primary season in Florida politics is always brutal. Because primaries involve battles between members of the same political party,…
August 3, 2022
Child sex-abuse allegation surfaces for Clay Commission candidate
Local dirt hauler Dale Carter’s decision to run this year for the Clay Board of County Commissioners was met with…
August 2, 2022
THE JAXSON | 6 Downtown projects now under construction
Though largely happening in the outskirts, new construction is happening in Downtown Jacksonville. Here’s a look at six projects moving…
July 31, 2022
OPINION | August is the cruelest month
T.S. Eliot famously posited that “April is the cruelest month.” This tells us that he didn’t follow primary politics in…
July 28, 2022
Jacksonville named at risk for ‘climate gentrification.’ How can we lessen the threat?
A researcher at FSU says climate change fueled displacement of residents is a looming “existential crisis” for Jacksonville and other…
July 27, 2022
Black-owned startup Laundr gets a boost in Jacksonville
Kyle Lampkin and Michael Behfar are monetizing one of the most mundane parts of adulting: doing laundry. The two childhood…
July 27, 2022
OPINION | Hotbeds of hatred
On Jan. 6th, 2021, I sat beside my mother in my living room, eyes glued to the television watching the…
July 26, 2022
OPINION | Don’t sweat the ‘wrong kind’ of housing
New residential projects in established neighborhoods often draw pushback. This is especially the case when the developments are seen as…
July 24, 2022
AUG. 23 VOTER GUIDE: Jacksonville Sheriff
Five candidates – four Democrats and one Republican – are vying to fill the Jacksonville sheriff’s seat, following Mike Williams’…
July 21, 2022
AUG. 23 VOTER GUIDE: Jacksonville City Council District 7, District 9
Nine candidates are vying for Jacksonville City Council in the August 23rd election, as sitting council members Reggie Gaffney and…
July 20, 2022
OPINION | Think you can’t fight City Hall? Remember the Red Shirts
There is a lot of frustration with government these days. Inflation and the lingering effects of the pandemic have many…
July 20, 2022
1-in-3 Duval mail-ballot voters are ineligible to vote unless they update their IDs. See where they live
With less than five weeks remaining until the August primaries, a third of the 97,999 Duval voters who requested vote-by-mail…
July 19, 2022
OPINION | Florida’s secret weapon in the housing crisis
With the creation of the Sadowski Housing Trust Fund to support affordable housing in 1992, Florida led the way in…
July 18, 2022
OPINION | Kids should be able to live big
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…