Unless there is a last-minute snag, Manny Diaz will become the latest Republican politician and ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis installed as president of a Florida university. jaxtrib.org/2025/11/25/i...

New | The story of Manny Diaz Jr.'s remarkable ascendancy at the University of West Florida, where he turned an interim job into one in which he enjoys "presidential privilege" - pricey renovations, country club memberships and unusual protection from board firing. jaxtrib.org/2025/11/25/i...

The police report of Michael Norris arrest accused him of not complying and alleged that Norris resisted police by “curling his arms underneath his body.” The body-cam footage shows he was already being hurled to the ground before any instructions were given. jaxtrib.org/2025/10/23/t...

An examination by The Tributary of dozens of previously unpublicized cases of alleged Jacksonville Sheriff's Office brutality revealed striking patterns in the agency’s conduct. Here's what we found. Reporting by @nicholemanna.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/10/23/f...

The latest dispatch from Michael Vasquez, @jaxtrib.org’s new reporter —

“In my language arts methods course, one of the topics is selecting a ‘diversity’ of texts to engage student leaders,” UNF Professor John White said. “That has nothing to do with DEI. That’s the word ‘diverse’ as in a myriad, or plethora.” jaxtrib.org/2025/10/16/f...

New joint reporting from @jaxtrib.org *and* The Florida Times-Union: Money, aerospace drive turbulence between City Councilman and aviation CEO jaxtrib.org/2025/10/15/m...

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Exciting news! @jaxtrib.org was chosen as part of @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network. I'll be working on a pretty awesome project with them over the next year. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

NEXT FRIDAY! Join @jaxtrib.org journalists as we launch our new project, the Night of the Living Deadline pumpkin ale in collaboration with Bold City Brewery $10 at the door = a spooky beer and commemorative koozie. See you there 🤝

NEW: 11 Jacksonville Fire and Rescue first responders were subpoenaed over the summer related to the April death of Charles Faggart in the Duval County jail, according to records obtained by @natemonroe.bsky.social + @nicholemanna.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/09/25/f...

NEW: The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office will take the lead investigating the death of a 31-year-old father in the Duval County Jail in April, according to State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office. via @natemonroe.bsky.social + @nicholemanna.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/09/18/f...

Big congrats to @jaxtrib.org ’s irreplaceable @nicholemanna.bsky.social for winning first prize for feature reporting in the national @journalists.org awards for her work on ‘Cold-Blooded,’ a project scrutinizing the decades-old Death Row case against a Jacksonville man.

New from @jaxtrib.org | All eyes are on the state’s so-called ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ but ICE’s detention centers in Florida also have big problems: Increased medical emergencies at Krome as immigrant detention swells jaxtrib.org/2025/08/27/i...

. @jaxtrib.org's @nicholemanna.bsky.social is a finalist in feature reporting for her "Cold-Blooded" series. You can read the first story here: jaxtrib.org/2025/03/17/h...

New from @jaxtrib.org | Jacksonville cop should have disclosed hit to driver’s face, experts say The controversial stop stemmed in part from a vague force policy that gives officers discretion to use violence at the first sign of resistance. 📝 @nicholemanna.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/08/20/j...

“The State Attorney’s Office goes through great lengths in their report to sort of justify the officer’s behavior,” one expert told @nicholemanna.bsky.social. jaxtrib.org/2025/08/20/j...

NEW: The controversial stop of a motorist that went viral in July stemmed in part from JSO's vague use-of-force policy, which gives officers broad discretion to use violence at the first sign of resistance, according to experts jaxtrib.org/2025/08/20/j...

For decades, seniors, children, outdoor workers & people affected by certain illnesses and disabilities were regarded as being among the most vulnerable to heat. Now, pregnant people are being added to the list. jaxtrib.org/2025/08/14/e...

New from a collaboration between @jaxtrib.org and @climatecentral.org | Extreme Florida heat increasingly dangerous for maternal, infant health jaxtrib.org/2025/08/14/e...

The new explanation, offered for the first time in State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office's legal analysis of the stop, released today, raises questions about whether the officer was interested in searching the car regardless of McNeil’s compliance. jaxtrib.org/2025/08/13/j...

JSO officer in viral stop had third, unspoken reason why he pulled driver over: The stop carries the hallmarks of pretextual policing, a known tactic in which cops use minor traffic violations to fish for other crimes. jaxtrib.org/2025/08/13/j...

New from @jaxtrib.org *and* @tampabaytimes.bsky.social | Last year, anonymous complaints surged at one of Florida Power & Light’s nuclear power plants, prompting federal inspectors to come knocking. Here's what they found: jaxtrib.org/2025/07/31/f...

NEW: The Bartow Police Department arrested a driver and passenger in July and charged them with violating a state immigration law that has been blocked by a federal judge, according to a bimonthly report from the Florida Attorney General’s Office. jaxtrib.org/2025/07/30/t...

New from @jaxtrib.org | After video of William McNeil's Jr.'s traffic stop went viral, we pulled more than three years of traffic-stop data. Getting ticketed for no headlights in the rain is exceedingly rare in Jacksonville - but less so if you're Black like McNeil. jaxtrib.org/2025/07/28/b...

From 2021 through July of this year, Jacksonville deputies wrote tickets for “no headlamps” in rain, fog or smoke at least 78 times, according to records from the Duval Clerk of Courts, with the vast majority – about 63% – going to Black drivers. jaxtrib.org/2025/07/28/b...

New from the @jaxtrib.org | As immigration arrests surge and oversight ebbs, 911 calls at Florida detention center double jaxtrib.org/2025/07/25/a...

JWB, one of the largest and most politically connected property management companies in Jacksonville, has settled 2 allegations that it violated the rights of its tenants @jaxtrib.org Mary Beech broke down what that means, going beyond the settlements jaxtrib.org/2025/07/23/i...

A Duval County jail sgt suspended in the aftermath of the violent death of a 31-year-old in April was hired despite having been kicked out of the Marines & a history of arrests for domestic violence & DUI, according to records obtained by @nicholemanna.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/07/21/r...

NEW: A consulting firm with ties to a prominent Jacksonville business leader landed a $78 million contract to provide services at #alligatoralcatraz via @jaxtrib.org's new immigration reporter @annacat.bsky.social & editor @natemonroe.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/07/16/j...

U.S. Supreme Court rejected a plea to block the execution of Michael Bell who was convicted of killing a Jax couple more than 30 yrs ago Justice Sotomayor and Kagan would've granted the stay of execution so the court could have heard Bell’s appeal. jaxtrib.org/2025/07/15/u...

NEW: Fl. Supreme Court upheld a decision by a Duval judge rejecting relief for a Death Row inmate – despite signed affidavits by two witnesses who said they were coerced by the state to lie. Michael Bell is scheduled to die on July 15. by @nicholemanna.bsky.social jaxtrib.org/2025/07/08/f...

NEW: Cops had a choice of witnesses. They used the liar to put a Jacksonville man on Death Row Reporting by @nicholemanna.bsky.social as part of @jaxtrib.org's "Cold-Blooded" series. jaxtrib.org/2025/06/26/c...

NEW: The state used Sidney Jones as their star witness to put Kenneth Hartley on Death Row. I dug up Jones's past and found a sprawling criminal record that begs the questions: Why was he believed? And why weren't other witnesses with different stories called to testify? jaxtrib.org/2025/06/26/c...

NEW: In the three days after Charles Faggart was rushed to UF Health with fatal injuries from the Duval Co jail, Sheriff T.K. Waters sent and received no email – or at least none that the sheriff’s office is willing to disclose. jaxtrib.org/2025/06/26/j...

NEW: Cops had a choice of witnesses. They used the liar to put a Jacksonville man on Death Row Reporting by @nicholemanna.bsky.social as part of @jaxtrib.org's "Cold-Blooded" series. jaxtrib.org/2025/06/26/c...

New from @jaxtrib.org | Witnesses in Duval Death Row case say they were coached by detective to lie "Bell’s appellate lawyers submitted a copy of The Tributary’s investigation as part of their pleading for relief." jaxtrib.org/2025/06/20/w...

Michael Bell, who is scheduled to be executed July 15, will have an evidentiary hearing on Monday — some of the arguments made in his motion came from @jaxtrib.org's recent investigation into another Duval death penalty case. jaxtrib.org/2025/06/20/w...

In an attempt to learn more about the use of those chairs, I filed a records request with JSO asking for docs of the agency’s use of restraint chairs in the jail over a 7-yr period. A month later, the records dept responded that there were no responsive records to the request

Charles Faggart’s autopsy report is exempt from public disclosure while prosecutors investigate whether the force used against Faggart during his time at the jail – including a restraint chair, pepper spray and a stun gun – was legally justified. jaxtrib.org/2025/06/12/a...

NEW: Sergeant among nine guards suspended by the Jacksonville sheriff after a Duval County inmate was allegedly brutalized to death in April was reprimanded in 2021 after he pepper sprayed a restrained inmate at close range, according to docs obtained by The Tributary jaxtrib.org/2025/05/19/s...

Susie Wiles, President Donald J. Trump’s chief of staff, blasted a controversial and fast-tracked proposal backed by Florida regulators that would trade 600 acres of prized public land in St. Johns County to a private developer, calling the proposed swap “outrageous." jaxtrib.org/2025/05/18/s...

Lawyers for Kenneth “Kip” Hartley, a Jacksonville Death Row inmate convicted of murder more than 30 years ago on the word of a known liar and three jailhouse snitches, are fighting to pry loose records they hope will undo the case. jaxtrib.org/2025/05/08/d...

NEW: @jaxtrib.org obtained hundreds of pages of medical records from Charles Faggart's time at UF Health. Doctors concluded he did not have fentanyl in his system or suffer a seizure, contradicting key details released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. jaxtrib.org/2025/05/05/m...

When Allison Fierro was released from the Duval Co jail, a friend rushed her to Mayo for treatment of massive bruises around her eyes — gained after she was taken to the ground by a CO who said she wasn’t injured The bruising was so bad Mayo called 911 jaxtrib.org/2025/04/30/j...

ICYMI: One of the correctional officers suspended after Charles Faggart's death was reprimanded last year. Records show he and two other officers failed to check on inmate David Given before he was found dead in his cell. jaxtrib.org/2025/04/22/o...

NEW: One of the 9 Duval County jail officers suspended earlier this month in connection with the death of 31-year-old Charles Faggart was reprimanded last year in an unrelated internal affairs investigation centered around the death of a different inmate. jaxtrib.org/2025/04/22/o...

. @jaxtrib.org is hiring an investigative reporter! Reach out if you are interested and have any questions! jaxtrib.org/about/jobs/

The heavily redacted report notes that a nurse flushed Charles Faggart’s eyes with saline solution, which suggests Faggart was pepper-sprayed while he was in a restraint chair. jaxtrib.org/2025/04/15/d...

NEW: The death of a 31-year-old man at the Duval County jail was a searing reminder of the perils that lurk within the decades-old building: Jacksonville’s jail is a dangerous place. More than 145 people have died there (or due to being there) since 2010. jaxtrib.org/2025/04/15/d...