First Amendment

A new anti-riot law from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has created harsher penalties for people arrested during protests, but civil rights activists in…

A teacher in the Duval County Public School system has filed a lawsuit against the district over free speech issues and allegations of retaliation. Robert…

Jacksonville City Council members are holding a series of conversations after a speaker at a recent council meeting flashed a hand gesture that is…

Thursday on First Coast Connect Melissa read an editorial from Thursday’s Florida Times-Union, which was one of many published by over 300 newspapers…

Updated, 5:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 22: Every Jacksonville City Council meeting begins with an invocation — but the one before this evening’s meeting was…

Inmates won't be reading a newspaper banned by Florida corrections officials anytime soon, due to a decision by a Tallahassee federal judge who said the…

Free speech is the linchpin of a free society and one of America’s most deeply held values. That's the premise behind a special event on the UNF…

Some call free speech the linchpin of a free society and one of America’s most deeply held values. We look at the First Amendment's role in our society,…

Mayor Alvin Brown sent City Council President Clay Yarborough a letter today stating that Yarborough's demand to pull the Museum of Contemporary Art…