Power move
Local activists petition JEA to phase out climate warming fossil fuels, including coal.
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First Coast Connect
Hosted by Melissa Ross, First Coast Connect is an hour-long call-in program that features local newsmakers, civic and community leaders, arts, activities across Jacksonville and Northeast Fl...
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20 of 60 episodesHistory of land conservation
Environmental attorney and author Clay Henderson breaks down the key players and history of state-funded conservation efforts in Florida and...
Government expert Chris Hand
As proposed property tax cuts loom, city officials look to balance the budget and Duval voters will consider supplementing teacher salaries.
Celebrating Emancipation Day
Jacksonville civil rights activist and historian Rodney L. Hurst Sr. reflects on the importance of Juneteenth and his role during the Civil...
Life-saving lung study
An American Lung Association employee discovers she has lung cancer thanks to a national study based in Jacksonville.
Foodie funding
Food journalist Hanna Raskin explains how Downtown dining is getting a boost from restaurant incentives.
First Coast Week in Review
AI slop enters campaign mode; Kevin Carrico’s public records are finally released; and city funding for a Downtown Publix remains uncertain
AG candidate José Javier Rodríguez
A conversation with the Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general.
View to a blockade
A local youth and labor delegation returns from Cuba to report on life under the embargo.
Ask the Mayor
From tax revenue shocks to slowdowns at a local EV factory, we take the city’s fiscal pulse in our monthly Ask the Mayor segment.
Jacksonville City Council President-elect Nick Howland
From the future of a downtown Publix to his plans for politically diverse leadership, we sit down with the incoming council leader ahead of...
First Coast Week in Review
Erin Brockovich versus data centers; local governments grapple with dire tax cut potentialities.
Murder case shake-up
A man accused of killing father of four Jared Bridegan implicates his wife in a recently released jail conversation.
A House Call from Dr. Joe
From a spike in alcohol use during pregnancy to what we’re learning from hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, we discuss the latest medical headl...
Killing medical research
The cancellation of federally funded medical studies is affecting lives and families on the First Coast.
Breaking down the budget
Following Friday’s legislative approval of the state budget, we get granular-level analysis of the winners, losers and appropriation odditie...
First Coast Week in Review
It’s the week’s top headlines, from accusations of City Council bullying to the governor's plan to end property taxes for most homesteaded p...
It takes a village
Surrounded by superstores, having lost its primary golf anchors, the state of World Golf Village is like nothing its original residents imag...
The triumph of the word nerds
From the supremacy of podcasting to an entire book devoted to sentence diagramming, the most precise large language model is still human.
Sunshine on ICE
A secret federal directive challenges Florida’s public records law.