City Provides Updates on Major Construction Projects

City Provides Updates on Major Construction Projects

At the City of Tallahassee budget workshop on May 19th, elected officials received an update on major construction projects. These projects included the Tallahassee police headquarters, the Northeast Senior Center, and the Lake Bradford fire station. Tallahassee Police Headquarters On January 29, 2020, after a two-year public outreach effort, the City Commission selected the former […]

Weekly Report Ending May 16th: Cases, Positivity Down, Hospitalizations Flat

Weekly Report Ending May 16th: Cases, Positivity Down, Hospitalizations Flat

TR’s weekly report (May 10 – May 16) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s May 9th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending May 16th, shows decreases in cases and the positivity rate while hospitalizations remained relatively flat. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day […]

Report: Feds Expect Plea Deal from Matt Gaetz ‘Wingman’ in Sex Trafficking Case

Report: Feds Expect Plea Deal from Matt Gaetz ‘Wingman’ in Sex Trafficking Case

Citing “multiple people familiar with the situation,” POLITICO reported that Joel Greenberg, a close associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01), will plead guilty in an Orlando federal court Monday to charges related to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, in exchange for a lenient sentence. Greenberg, a friend of Gaetz whom the congressman described […]

Prime Meridian Reports First Quarter 2021 Results

Prime Meridian Reports First Quarter 2021 Results

Prime Meridian Holding Company (OTCQX: PMHG), the parent bank holding company for Prime Meridian Bank announced unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The Company reported net earnings of $2,234,478 or $0.72 per basic and $0.71 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, compared to net earnings of $716,000 […]

Leon County Votes to Make Election Day a Paid Holiday

Leon County Votes to Make Election Day a Paid Holiday

At today’s Leon County Commission meeting, elected officials voted to make Election Day a paid holiday for all county employees. The proposal is estimated to have a fiscal impact of $18,560 in holiday pay, which County staff reports can be paid for from existing personnel budgets. At the April 13, 2021 meeting, the Board directed […]

Universities to Return to ‘Pre-COVID Operations’

Universities to Return to ‘Pre-COVID Operations’

By The News Service of Florida Florida’s state universities are expected to return to pre-coronavirus operations during the upcoming school year, including at athletic and social events, top system officials said Wednesday. An early evening news release signed by Syd Kitson, chairman of the university system’s Board of Governors, and Marshall Criser, chancellor of the […]

Weekly Report Ending May 2nd: Hospitalizations Down, Cases, Positivity Up

Weekly Report Ending May 2nd: Hospitalizations Down, Cases, Positivity Up

TR’s weekly report (April 26 – May 2) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s April 25th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending May 2nd, shows increases in cases and the positivity rate and a decline in hospitalizations. Since the middle of January 2021, […]

Leon County Mask Ordinance No Longer in Effect

Leon County Mask Ordinance No Longer in Effect

Due to Governor Ron DeSantis’ emergency order signed on Monday, Leon County government released a statement that says the mask ordinance is no longer in effect. The full press release is provided below. “The vaccines are working, but Florida hasn’t yet reached herd immunity and our state is still the nation’s #1 hotspot for B.1.1.7, […]

DeSantis Blocks Local COVID-19 Orders

DeSantis Blocks Local COVID-19 Orders

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended all local-government coronavirus emergency orders on Monday as he signed a bill that makes permanent his ban on COVID-19 vaccine “passports” and limits the authority of cities and counties in future health-care crises. “My message is that the vaccines protect you. […]