October 8, 2024
In a 10-7 vote, Jacksonville’s City Council decided against renaming the Springfield street after the late local civil rights activist…
August 1, 2024
Downtown street could be renamed to honor Ben Frazier
Legislation before Jacksonville City Council would rename Confederate Street as Frazier Place.…
July 8, 2024
#AskJAXTDY | Are funds still set aside for Confederate monument removal?
A Jacksonville Today reader asks what’s happening with the money set aside for Confederate monument removal…
February 11, 2024
OPINION | Did white supremacists kill the Confederate monument bill?
If the bill is dead, thank the loud-mouthed racists who got it through the Senate’s head what monument-protection bills are…
February 8, 2024
Fleming senator chides ‘vile’ comments on monuments bill
Sen. Jennifer Bradley was upset by speakers who cited a need to protect “white culture” and “white supremacy.”…
January 26, 2024
#AskJAXTDY l What happens with the money set aside to remove Confederate monuments?
There was already money in the budget for the removal of the Confederate statues at Springfield Park. A reader asked…
January 26, 2024
City lawyer admits mistakes on removal of Confederate statues
General Counsel Michael Fackler said he should have consulted more members of his office when crafting an opinion for Mayor…
January 16, 2024
Monument-removal money never flowed through city coffers, Jax top lawyer says
The city’s chief lawyer came under fire again Tuesday from City Council members as he sought to explain his department’s…
January 3, 2024
OPINION | The monument is gone! What happens next?
After Mayor Donna Deegan’s removal of the Springfield Park Confederate monument, it’s clear there will be political ramifications for years…
January 2, 2024
Jacksonville Council rails over removal of Confederate statues
City Council members spent over an hour Tuesday criticizing General Counsel Michael Fackler for the removal of Confederate statues in…
December 27, 2023
Confederate monument removed, but debate persists
In an interview with Jacksonville Today, Mayor Donna Deegan said she hopes the monument’s removal is just one step in…
November 13, 2023
Law would punish officials who remove historical monuments
State Rep. Dean Black of Jacksonville has filed a bill that would oust local officials from office if they take…
December 14, 2022
PHOTO ESSAY | ‘Take them down!’
Activists with the Northside Coalition and other civil rights groups implored the Jacksonville City Council Tuesday to remove the Confederate…
December 6, 2022
Plane flies Confederate flag and message to Mayor Curry after his window is apparently shot
A bullet appears to have been shot at Mayor Lenny Curry’s office window at City Hall this week. As the…
November 29, 2022
$500K idling, facilitators ghosted: A timeline of Jax Confederate monument inaction
Advocates for removing Jacksonville’s Confederate monuments are growing impatient, as two pots of money for addressing Confederate monuments on public…
April 10, 2022
OPINION | Confederacy of dunces
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That’s a line from William Faulkner, but it’s also an apt…
March 20, 2022
OPINION | Confederate monuments are here to stay
The Jacksonville City Council is set for yet another of its masochistic explorations of what would, in a 21st Century…