A view down the street in Brooklyn. | News4Jax

A voting booth. Some Florida voters may be casting ballots in new congressional districts if maps proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis are enacted.

Sen. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, sponsored a bill that prohibited local governments from using taxpayer dollars to fund diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programs. He spoke during a bill signing Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A house under construction. | Jacksonville Daily Record

House Speaker Daniel Perez takes questions on the House floor after his chamber approved eight bills on Jan. 15, 2026, the third day of Florida's legislative session. | Douglas Soule, WUSF

Ballot boxes at a voting booth. | Felix, rawpixel.com, stock.adobe.com

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan fills out paperwork to run for reelection at the Duval County Supervisors of Elections Office on Thursday, April 16, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

John Morgan founded the largest personal injury law firm in the United States, Morgan & Morgan. | Kate Payne, AP

Chris Miller, chair of Jacksonville City Council's Rules Committee, leads a meeting Monday, April 6, 2026. | City of Jacksonville.

Air Force One with President Donald Trump on board departs from Palm Beach International Airport on April 6, 2025. | Alex Brandon, AP file

Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, center, applauds linebackers Kyle Van Noy (53) Jerome Baker (55) and Kamu Grugier-Hill (51) for their work in forcing a fumble against the Jacksonville Jaguars during a contest Sept. 24, 2020, at TIAA Bank Field. The Dolphins won 31-13. (Photo by Will Brown)

Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump visited and toured the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in July.

Former JEA Chief of Staff Kurt Wilson testifies in front of the Jacksonville City Council's Special Investigatory Committee on JEA on March 23, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

A man rides a tricycle with his leashed dog running alongside him during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2026.

City Council member Ron Salem speaks to news reporters after a meeting Feb. 3, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

One of the new signs in downtown Fernandina Beach alerts drivers to the paid parking system now in place. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has stopped making pennies. | tethysimagingllc, AdobeStock

The Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha River near Palatka.

Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico hold a news conference with Council members Ron Salem and Ju'Coby Pittman on March 11 at City Hall.

Florida has nearly 49,000 HOAs covering about 9.6 million residents, according to a recent national report on the topic by a property management trade organization.

This image from video provided by the Department of Justice from police-worm body camera shows Andrew Paul Johnson on the Lower West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. | Department of Justice via AP

Debra Joshua was among the scores of people who participated in the 45th Martin Luther King Jr. Grand Parade through Downtown Jacksonville on Jan. 19, 2026. Joshua says equity is an ideal that is needed more in 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico taking the oath of office in June 2025. | City of Jacksonville