July 7, 2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida school’s annual performance for the most recent academic year Monday during a news conference at…
July 7, 2025
Amazon moves to add pharmacy services in Duval County
Amazon is making moves to add its online pharmacy service to its existing dozen fulfillment and delivery centers in Northeast…
July 3, 2025
DeSantis vetoes millions budgeted for First Coast programs
The governor vetoed more than $19 million that lawmakers had approved for Northeast Florida.…
July 3, 2025
Jacksonville launches campaign to attack litter and blight
A new campaign — Keep Jax Cute – Don’t Pollute — will increase community education and enforcement.…
July 2, 2025
2-way traffic is back on 2 Downtown streets
City officials say the change on Adams and Forsyth streets will make them more friendly to pedestrians and businesses.…
July 1, 2025
Fireworks will fly all over the First Coast
Here’s a wrap-up of some of the area’s major Independence Day events and fireworks displays.…
June 26, 2025
City Council OKs money for housing and zoo
More public money could available for residential development Downtown and affordable housing across Duval County.…
June 25, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Jacksonville Today readers love Jacksonville
Jax Today readers disagree with a recent study that named Jacksonville America’s most boring city.…
June 24, 2025
Give blood, get a free A1c test this summer
The nonprofit community blood center LifeSouth is offering free A1c test this summer to entice more people to give blood.…
June 16, 2025
Jax returns July 4th fireworks to single site Downtown
The city will no longer stage fireworks from up to five sites, a practice started during the pandemic.…
June 10, 2025
Downtown Investment Authority board selects Baltimore’s Colin Tarbert as new CEO
Colin Tarbert, the longtime Maryland development executive picked to be the Downtown Investment Authority’s new CEO said the Jacksonville job…
June 5, 2025
Sulzbacher secures funds to build homeless ‘workforce housing’ for men
Jacksonville-based homelessness services nonprofit Sulzbacher has secured the financing to start construction on phase I of its $37 million Enterprise…
June 5, 2025
LIFT JAX selects Travis Williams as president and CEO
Travis Williams, an Eastside resident who joined the LIFT JAX in 2021, is the nonprofit’s new chief executive officer.…
May 30, 2025
NUMBER OF THE WEEK | House prices trend downward
Our Number of the Week is the median price for a home in the Jacksonville metro area: about $392,000.…
May 22, 2025
U.S. flag retirement box set up at Jacksonville City Hall
The drop box is accessible during City Hall business hours — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.…
May 21, 2025
Some Duval students will have to start paying for lunch
About a quarter of Jacksonville’s schools will lose a COVID-era free-lunch benefit in September.…
May 21, 2025
Students design a sustainable Jax — with a Minecraft twist
Teams from local schools used an educational version of the Minecraft game to rethink Downtown Jacksonville.…
May 20, 2025
#AskJAXTDY | When will the Northbank Riverwalk reopen?
City projects have closed several sections of the Riverwalk, but the work could wrap up before long.…
May 14, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Youth scholarship winners
The MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation awarded $125,000 in scholarships to Jacksonville students.…
April 11, 2025
Jacksonville tests artificial intelligence in city budget process
Jacksonville is one of the first cities in the country to use artificial intelligence to help draft a budget.…
April 7, 2025
Jax councilman wants state DOGE to audit city’s finances
City Council member Terrance Freeman has filed legislation volunteering the city for a state DOGE audit.…
April 4, 2025
Two Jax lawmakers square off on immigration law
City Council members Nick Howland and Jimmy Peluso debated the new immigration law Friday on the Florida Roundup.…
March 12, 2025
Efficiency or ‘farce’? Salem lays out plan for Duval DOGE
An effort to bring a “Duval DOGE” budget effort to Jacksonville City Hall was met Tuesday by public protest and…
March 10, 2025
‘Duval DOGE’: Council member wants ‘to tighten our belt’ with review of Jacksonville spending
City Council Finance Committee Chair Ron Salem is calling for a “Duval DOGE” to find savings outside of what he…