Heather Schatz

A report in The Florida Times-Union shows Duval County Public Schools paid more than $9 million in air conditioning-related maintenance and repairs in just one year.

A new report says affordable housing is out of reach for millions of Americans.

The City of Jacksonville is marking Public Art Week with a number of events to celebrate the importance of public art in the city this week.

Florida has more than 3.5 million no party affiliated voters, or NPAs, which make up some 27 percent of the electorate.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and dozens of business and political leaders around Florida are back from a four-day trade mission to Israel.

Hurricane season begins on June, but the first named storm of the season, Andrea, has already formed in the Atlantic.

Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis has introduced legislation to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. If passed, it would add Jacksonville to a growing list of states and cities moving to eliminate criminal penalties for recreational use of the drug. Councilman Dennis joined us to discuss his bill in more detail.

For months, investors and companies had been lulled into a sense of security that the world’s two largest economies appeared to be getting closer to a deal to resolve their battle over trade. 

A Boeing 737 skidded into the St. Johns River while trying to land at Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Friday night. All 143 individuals on board survived.

For Friday's First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross Media Roundtable, our panel of journalists looked at some of the biggest stories of the week, including:

May 1 is Decision Day, when most high school seniors have to make their final decisions on where to go to college. That’s when many of them may face their biggest challenge: how to pay for it.

WJXT-TV anchor Melanie Lawson caused a splash when she recently decided to grow out her natural hair and wear it that way on TV, too. We spoke with her about the change.

We took a closer look at plans to help make Northeast Florida a “smart region” with Jeff Sheffield, Executive Director, North Florida TPO; and John Schultz, Chief Innovation Officer for Allied Reliability, Inc.

Here & Now

State lawmakers are poised to expand a school security program allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom. However, some school districts are lobbying against it.