July 12, 2024
A federal court ruled that the reconfiguration of Congressional District 5 was not racially motivated.…
May 2, 2024
State defends North Florida congressional map
Attorneys say a previous plan, creating a majority Black district, was illegally based on race.…
April 25, 2024
Groups seek new review of North Florida redistricting
Voting rights groups say a plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was racially motivated.…
April 24, 2024
Qualifying period begins for Florida congressional races
A lawsuit over a North Florida congressional district continues to work its way through the courts.…
March 4, 2024
Judge won’t order special election for gerrymandered Duval School Board
School Board members Darryl Willie and Charlotte Joyce will keep their positions without a new election this year.…
January 25, 2024
Florida Supreme Court to take up North Florida redistricting
The court agreed to consider the case, but it appears it will not be resolved before a candidate-qualifying deadline for…
December 4, 2023
North Florida redistricting fight heads to Supreme Court
Voting rights groups will appeal the elimination of Congressional District 5, a Black-majority district that included parts of Jacksonville.…
December 1, 2023
Court backs DeSantis on North Florida redistricting
The 1st District Court of Appeal upheld the elimination of a majority-Black district stretching from Jacksonville to Tallahassee.…
November 1, 2023
Appellate court considers North Florida redistricting
The court is expected to rule by Nov. 22 the elimination of a Black-majority district stretching from Jacksonville to Gadsden…
September 5, 2023
Judge rejects North Florida congressional map
Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that a map pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis was unconstitutional because it diminished the…
August 25, 2023
Judge expresses doubts over state’s redistricting arguments
A Florida judge pressed the state’s lawyers on whether they were asking him to contradict past precedent.…
August 23, 2023
Is Voting Rights Act on trial in Florida? Redistricting case could have broad impact
A redistricting battle over a North Florida congressional district could have national implications for Black voting rights.…
August 21, 2023
Hearing set this week on North Florida redistricting
A judge will decide whether state lawmakers must reinstate Congressional District 5, a Black majority district that included Jacksonville.…
June 25, 2023
Jacksonville civil rights activist Ben Frazier dies at 73
Ben Frazier, once a trailblazing journalist who became an advocate for racial justice, has died.…
June 11, 2023
OPINION | ‘DeSantismander’ deserves a legal challenge
Florida’s congressional district map is a fraud, and the most glaring example is my district. No offense to Aaron Bean,…
December 12, 2022
Jacksonville redistricting process raises questions of Sunshine Law violations
According to the version of events that Jacksonville’s city lawyers told a federal court, the City Council passed a redistricting…
November 20, 2022
EXPLORE: How DeSantis’ congressional map affected Northeast Florida midterms
Republicans narrowly flipped the U.S. House this election cycle, gaining four seats in Florida — including one in the newly…
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…
April 17, 2022
OPINION | Who wants to be a congressman?
There was no surprise, none at all, for readers of this column regarding what the Florida Legislature would do with…
February 27, 2022
OPINION | House redistricting map creates Jax-only CD5…lands with a thud
The intramural pissing match between Republicans in Tallahassee continues, and no clear resolution is at hand as they try to…
February 21, 2022
OPINION | What are you so afraid of?
The definition of democracy is “government by the people.” It’s “a form of government in which the supreme power is…