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JTA entertains pedestrian ambitions; the City Council ignores business leaders’ request to drop JEA probe.
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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...

JTA entertains pedestrian ambitions; the City Council ignores business leaders’ request to drop JEA probe.

A new book by two UNF researchers explores what happens when homes become an asset class.

A new investigation explores another in-custody death blamed on the jail's medical provider.

As Florida experiences one of the worst droughts in decades, we examine the main drivers of the state's water scarcity crisis.

After lawmakers adopt an even-more solidly Republican map, we talk to party leaders from both sides about what the future holds for Florida...

From Florida’s redistricting to a gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the state’s congressional elections may never be the same.

The Sporting Jax women’s team heads into its final game having dominated the Super League in its inaugural season.

As it gets harder for kids to access preventative dental care, experts say emergency rooms have turned into an imperfect emergency catchall.

Why activists are targeting everything from snack manufacturers to chemical corporations in an effort to stem titanium mining in the endange...

The writer sometimes known as Jacksonville’s poet laureate is also the demanding editor behind some of the area’s most well-known authors.

Putting out fires, from real-life conflagrations to political ones.

Election season, Hope Florida and the ongoing battle over redistricting.

Cat advocates want St. Johns County to help neuter strays. Officials there want no part.

The debate over back-in vs. pull-in parking has become a subject of controversy, internet currency and, in some places, urban policy

The inaugural “State of the Watershed” offers an Earth Day celebration of the St. Johns River.

State lawmakers still can’t reach a budget deal, and the JEA investigation expands to include communications about a former mayor’s lobbying...

A mitigation expert explains how a criminal’s life story affects the death penalty.

Two historians remember the pioneering Black aviator on the centenary of her death during a Jacksonville air show.

From an expanding JEA investigation to campaign plans, we ask Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan about the latest headlines — and take your cal...

A state budget decision looms over the future of the once-thriving Black neighborhood of West Lewisville.

Jax taxpayers getting “fleeced”; Duval Schools responds to new pressures to ban books

Anthropologist Judith Bense on America’s oldest colony; brewery owner Ben Davis on the end of an era

A new SNAP ban on sodas, energy drinks and sugary snacks has some people praising nutritional priorities, and others worried about stigmatiz...

The best time of day to get chemo, and why some of the most highly processed food is baby food

A growing number of Jacksonville families are struggling to keep up with housing costs as the city faces a major shortage of affordable home...

Pam Bondi is out as the country’s top prosecutor, and Florida’s attorney general calls foul on an NFL policy aiming to increase diversity in...

As temperatures rise and plants bloom, we ask Jacksonville’s chief health officer about local pollen counts and how to manage seasonal sympt...

As American children veer further toward highly processed diets and selective eating, award-winning author and historian Helen Zoe Veit exam...

As Florida ranks 43rd nationally in the availability of mental health workers, we examine how health care leaders are addressing market shor...

With election season building and a high court decision pending, we examine the legal and political fortunes of mail-in voting.