A new proposal, which city officials will weigh in the coming weeks, could make Alex Sifakis and a joint venture he backs, Gateway Jax, among the most crucial players in downtown Jacksonville’s future.
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Family of heart patient who died after Duval jail stay settles lawsuit
The family of a 54-year-old heart-transplant patient who died after a short stay in the Duval County jail settled a federal lawsuit over his death for $300,000.
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JSO officers sic K9 on unarmed man, prompting federal lawsuit
A Jacksonville man is suing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and three officers, arguing his constitutional rights were violated during a traffic stop when one of those officers sicced a K9 on him and forced him to crawl back to the handler before releasing the dog from his maimed right arm.
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Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters settles lawsuit in mother of five’s jail suicide death
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and a corrections officer have settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a woman who killed herself in the Duval County Pretrial Detention Facility after multiple suicide attempts.
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From the Publisher: Nate Monroe to join The Tributary as Executive Editor
Nate Monroe will join The Tributary staff as Executive Editor next week. He has been a beat reporter, investigative reporter, and columnist at newspapers in the Southeast for the past 15 years, most recently as a columnist for the USA Today Network across Florida.
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Duval jail reports fewer deaths in first full year under new medical provider
A year after changing medical providers, Duval County jail officials reported a more than 50% decrease in the amount of incarcerated people who died in the facility.
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Bondi says she won’t play politics as attorney general but doesn’t rule out probes of Trump foes
Pam Bondi, former Florida Attorney General and Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but also refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republican president-elect.
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.
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The Tributary’s top stories of 2024 — and the results
As we welcome 2025, we wanted to look back at the year that led us here, with some updates on our most-read investigations.
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If your incarcerated spouse falls deathly ill, the Duval jail might not tell you
The Alexanders’ story shows the difficulties families face when their loved ones fall sick behind bars and they can’t get updates on their conditions.