By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis drew praise as “a true environmental leader” but was also criticized for not putting more money toward the Florida Forever program and failing to adequately prepare the state for climate change as he released a proposed $91.4 billion budget on Monday. DeSantis […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased 19.0% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 211 single-family home resales in October 2018 and 251 resales in October 2019. Last month there were 284 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in October 2019 increased 11.8% […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that passenger traffic increased in October by 9.5% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up from 72,334 during last October to 79,205 this year. The Passenger Traffic Report shows passenger counts increased for all three carriers. American was up 17.2%, […]
It appears City of Tallahassee elected officials are becoming more and more popular among lobbyists. Over the last seven years, the number of registered lobbyists have increased 500%, from 8 in 2011 to 48 in 2019. During this time, the number of registered lobbying firms has increased from 7 to 33. See the trend in […]
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Facing the possibility that Floridians could be asked next year to legalize recreational marijuana, a House panel on Tuesday turned to Oregon to learn more about the economic, environmental and health impacts the state has faced since authorizing adult pot use four years ago. Chris […]
In a meeting on Monday, the Community Partners Committee refined the list of candidates for the next Chief of Police to three finalists. The Community Partners Committee consists of community leaders from the faith, business and law enforcement communities in Tallahassee. The committee previously met on October 9th to consider the eligible applications and narrow […]
At a meeting today the Leon County Commission decided to hire Chasity O’Steen as the next county attorney. The current County Attorney, Herbert W.A. Thiele, plans to retire effective March 31, 2020. The hiring process included individual commissioner interviews which were followed by full Leon County Commission interviews. O’Steen beat out Cynthia Everett, Mark Moriarty, […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were 74 incidents reported during the week of October 16th-22nd. The data indicates there 68 property incidents and 6 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD defined quadrants – shows that the Northwest quadrant of Tallahassee led the week […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were a 100 incidents reported during the week of October 10th-16th. The data indicates there 84 property incidents and 16 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD defined quadrants – shows that the Northwest quadrant of Tallahassee led the […]
Recent records from Florida’s Division of Elections show that Andrew Gillum’s Political Action Committee (PAC), Forward Florida, continues to pay Tallahassee attorney and political consultant Sean Pittman. The report, shown below, indicates that the PAC paid Pittman Law Group $5,000 in September, 2019. For the year-to-date, Pittman Law Group has received $70,000 from the PAC […]