Dara Kam & Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a matchup mirroring the deep partisan divide engulfing the nation, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Florida Gov. Rick Scott bickered Tuesday about red tide, guns, immigration and a controversial Supreme Court nomination in their first debate before next month’s U.S. Senate election. […]
Listed below are the Tallahassee Police Department’s crime reports for September 28th-30th, 2018. The numbers show 13 auto burglaries and 7 residential burglaries. Sunday, September 30th, 2018 Saturday, September 29th, 2018 Friday, September 28th, 2018
POLITICO is reporting that driving records related to Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum are tied to an “active criminal investigation” and can’t be released unredacted by the state, according to an audit housed with the Florida Department of Highway and Motor Vehicles. POLITICO requested a listing of the number of times Gillum’s record has been […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott wants state wildlife commissioners to seek funding for a red-tide research center and to restart a long-dormant task force, as waters along Florida’s Gulf Coast continue to face an expanding red-tide outbreak that began last year. Environmentalists said Scott’s latest proposals won’t […]
The Wall Street Journal reported on new data from the Census Bureau regarding American incomes and poverty levels. In 2017, income levels were rising and poverty was declining— trends that have remained consistent for several years. New data still show that average incomes are increasing, by 10.4% over the least three years. Median household income […]
The Monday crime report released by the Tallahassee Police Department shows 18 incidents were logged for September 24, 2018. The reported incidents include nine auto thefts, nine auto burglaries and one residential burglary. The residential burglary took place on Tuscaloosa Trace in the southwest part of Tallahassee.
In the after math of an incident in Killearn Acres where shots were fired and multiple cars were broken into Saturday morning, Tallahassee Reports reviewed the daily crime report filed by the Tallahassee Police Department. The crime reports show that the Tallahassee Police Department logged 31 auto burglaries in locations across town over a 72 […]
An advertisement put out by the Republican National Committee highlights Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum’s plans to raises taxes by $1 billion, provide medicare for all, and increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The ad pulls comments from Gillum’s visit with various host of national talk shows on CNN and FOX shortly […]
After interviewing three city manager candidates, City Commissioner Scott Maddox, who is the focus of a federal corruption investigation, made a motion to hire current interim city manager Reese Goad and the permanent city manager. City Commissioner Curtis Richardson seconded the motion. Mayor Andrew Gillum also supported Goad. The final vote was 4-1. The final […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida tourism is on pace to set an annual record, with an estimated 65.5 million people traveling to the state during the first half of the year, according to numbers released Wednesday. The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida estimated that tourism during the first six months […]