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This diagram shows the Jacksonville neighborhoods that are and will be connected by the 30-mile Emerald Trail. | Groundwork Jacksonville
July 8, 2025

Jax loses $147M federal grant to complete Emerald Trail

City and nonprofit leaders will try to find other ways of funding the Emerald Trail after the federal grant was…

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Not long after Debbie Dickinson moved to North Beach in 2022, Hurricane Ian flooded their neighborhood. | Debbie Dickinson
July 7, 2025

In St. Johns, North Beach residents mobilize around resilience as federal funding dries up

The future of the federal agency that counties like St. Johns rely on for rebuilding is uncertain, at the same…

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Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, is in his fifth term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
March 3, 2025

Rutherford rejects calls for town hall meetings

U.S. Rep. John Rutherford said town hall meetings are not productive. He offered to meet with anyone at his office.…

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Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., takes the oath to be the new House speaker l Alex Brandon/AP
October 31, 2023

#AskJAXTDY l How did Northeast Florida’s reps vote for House speaker?

A reader asked us which Northeast Florida Representatives voted for new House Speaker Mike Johnson.…

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Claire Heddles, Jacksonville Today
March 5, 2023

Unlike GOP donor Kent Stermon, most of JSO’s ‘Sheriff’s Circle’ barely used special access 

All used the special badge access far less frequently than Kent Stermon — the influential Republican donor who died last…

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U.S. Representative John Rutherford (right) was the first sheriff to grant Republican donor Kent Stermon badge access to JSO buildings.
January 19, 2023

Republican donor Kent Stermon had JSO access for nearly a decade as part of “the sheriff’s circle”

Kent Stermon, the donor who was under investigation when he died, was issued 5 separate badges giving him JSO access,…

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U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
August 23, 2022

Rutherford, Cammack, Bean roll in Republican primaries; Holloway leads by tiny margin in D4 Dem contest

John Rutherford will return to Congress for a fourth term in the House of Representatives. The Jacksonville congressman defeated challengers…

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Jaxport CEO Eric Green celebrates harbor deepening on May 23, 2022. Green has received a five-year contract extension from the port authority board. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
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…