Downtown Jacksonville restaurants and bars can now serve food and drinks on sidewalks. Here’s what the new outdoor dining ordinance changes.

The Jacksonville City Council will consider two different bills Wednesday to give money to a local food bank amid the government shutdown.

A Jacksonville councilman will hold a meeting Friday morning at City Hall to address the disruption of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the federal government shutdown.

Jacksonville’s Chief Administrative Officer Karen Bowling is stepping down from her role, effective Oct. 24, the Mayor’s Office announced Friday.

After nearly 14 hours of intense debate, the Jacksonville City Council officially passed a $2 billion city budget, in what’s being called one of the most contentious budget battles in recent memory.

Three Jacksonville councilmembers will meet Monday evening to address pharmacy closures on the Northside after residents reported waiting days and even weeks to get critical medications.

Jacksonville City Councilman Rory Diamond fired back at the four councilmembers who abruptly walked out of Tuesday’s meeting during budget amendment discussions.

Four Jacksonville city councilmembers walked out of a city council meeting during budget amendment discussions Tuesday night, sparking drama and prompting the sergeant at arms to intervene.

Residents of the Arbor Oaks apartment complex on Jacksonville’s Westside continue to face challenges despite water service being restored last week following News4JAX’s reporting.

The Ken Knight Awards is bringing a night of Black excellence and celebration for the Jacksonville media professionals making a difference in the community.

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted this week to strip funding for tickets for the city’s luxury suite at Jaguars games, a move that could sideline both council members and the mayor’s office.

Jacksonville City Councilman Rahman Johnson, chairman of the city’s Value Adjustment Board, is set to make a “special” announcement about fee reform on Wednesday morning.

Councilman Rahman Johnson said he’s working to ensure Duval Day still happens after Lil Duval’s team was denied permits to host the block party off Myrtle Avenue.

Community leaders and performers gathered at the Jacksonville Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium Tuesday evening for an early Juneteenth celebration.

Westside residents had a chance to share concerns about a potential tasting room for a liquor store at a community meeting Thursday.

Shores Liquor is requesting a waiver to build within 1,500 feet of an elementary school because of a tasting room that would be included inside the store, which means there would be alcohol consumption on site.

Community members packed Jacksonville City Hall Tuesday night to voice opposition to a proposed immigration policy that would require the disclosure of undocumented immigrants living in city-controlled public housing.

A month after Jacksonville City Councilman Jimmy Peluso filed a resolution encouraging Mayor Donna Deegan to establish a landlord registry program for the city, he and another councilman are set to hold a meeting to discuss the program.

A Jacksonville councilman urged Mayor Donna Deegan on Wednesday not to sign the bill prohibiting food trucks at gas stations.

Food truck owners expressed strong opposition to a proposed legislation that would make it illegal for food trucks to operate at gas stations in Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Rules Committee is expected to discuss a resolution Monday that was filed by Mayor Donna Deegan to replace treasurer Megan Hayward on JTA’s Board of Directors.

Jacksonville officials will unveil a historic marker to remember civil rights martyr Johnnie Mae Chappell on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Villa Community Center.

Despite the disappointment, Johnson hopes for a future where people focus less on terminology and more on learning from each other.

The Jacksonville City Council secretary is on paid administrative leave following complaints about the work environment and issues surrounding the opening of council members' mail.

On New Year’s Eve, a community gathering at the historic Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church honored the legacy of former slaves and commemorated the lives of the seven people who were killed in October after a gangway collapsed in southern Georgia.

Shad Khan invited the mayor and council members to attend an event that he held on Monday night on his yacht. Councilman Rahman Johnson said he went and released a lengthy statement about it Wednesday night.

In September, Jacksonville City Councilmember Rahman Johnson introduced a resolution that highlighted what he said is a pressing need for broader healthcare coverage in Duval County. The resolution would have called upon state legislators to work toward Medicaid expansion.

A Westside apartment complex is still dealing with trash issues and now the city is getting involved.

The oldest of seven victims killed in a dock gangway collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island Saturday was a retired special education teacher, her granddaughter told News4JAX.

Dozens of residents on Jacksonville’s Westside shared their concerns about a potential liquor store coming to their neighborhood.

A plan to crack down on hate crimes in the River City continues to move forward in City Hall. Monday, council members announced the bill introduced earlier this year has been amended to be named in honor of a local woman shot and killed in a racist attack 60 years ago.

After years of planning, the City of Jacksonville broke ground on the widening project of Old Middleburg Road Thursday morning.

Mayor Donna Deegan completed her first full year in office. What's ahead in year two? Democrat Rahman Johnson joins the conversation, giving his perspective on the political question of the year: Should President Joe Biden continue his run for reelection?

On Monday, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is set to present her proposed 2024-25 budget to the Jacksonville City Council. The budget will address everything from public safety to infrastructure and public health.

Floridians are in the midst of hurricane season and a property insurance crisis.

Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman, The Ritz Theater & Museum and the City of Jacksonville are excited to announce the fourth annual Jacksonville Emancipation Celebration taking place in James Weldon Johnson Park. The festival will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2024 in an effort to educate the community about the historical significance of Florida’s observed Emancipation Day. Cities like Jacksonville in the State of Florida are acknowledging this special day of freedom.

A local safety and crime reduction commission will provide thousands of dollars to local non-profits that want to reduce crime. Those groups can start applying for $9,000 grants starting Friday, March 1.

More than 1,000 women from one of the oldest Black sororities in the world will come to downtown Jacksonville this weekend for an event that organizers and city leaders say will benefit the community.

A disabled veteran living in a Westside mobile home park was once again shocked when she charged hundreds of dollars for water that even inspectors with the City of Jacksonville said she never consumed.

Jacksonville city leaders gathered at Colonial Forest Apartments Tuesday morning to address the next steps in the legal battle with the owner of the complex at the center of a lawsuit for maintaining a public nuisance.

The owners of a Westside mobile home park have four more days to explain to city inspectors why they’re charging some tenants thousands of dollars a month for water or they could face consequences.

The City of Jacksonville is looking into complaints of unusually high water bills at the Three Seasons Mobile Home Village — a mobile home community on the Westside — after the News4JAX I-TEAM received several messages from affected residents and discovered the owners were at the center of an investigation for the same issue at a mobile home park near Columbus Ohio.

Community members raised concerns and asked questions Monday to city leaders about plans to expand Old Middleburg Road from 103rd Street to Argyle Forest Boulevard.

Edward Waters College was founded in 1866 by members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church to educate freedmen. TV personality and now Edward Waters College professor Rahman Johnson is a notable EWC graduate. Less than 10 years later, it took on the name Edward Waters College with the support, once again, of the AME Church, named after the third bishop, Edward Waters. Eighty percent of the students at Edward Waters College are first-generation college students, so they’re establishing a new tradition. Even during a pandemic, Edward Waters College hit its highest enrollment in 15 years.