Save Florida Jobs Highlights “Negative Impact” of Amendment 2

Save Florida Jobs Highlights “Negative Impact” of Amendment 2

By Jordan Kirkland, The Capitolist With less than three weeks until the election, the battle to stop Ballot Amendment 2 continued on Tuesday, with a new ad pointing to the dangers of a $15 minimum wage being released by Save Florida Jobs. The 18-second ad released by the political committee cuts straight to the ballot […]

Amanda Wall Finishes Ahead in Tallahassee Bar Association Poll Ratings

Amanda Wall Finishes Ahead in Tallahassee Bar Association Poll Ratings

The results of a Tallahassee Bar Association (TBA) poll shows that judicial candidate Amanda Wall received the highest percentage of qualified responses when compared to her competitors. The poll asks members of the TBA to rate the candidates in two categories – legal ability and temperament. Wall received a 96% qualified rating for legal ability […]

FSU Preview: Florida State versus North Carolina

FSU Preview: Florida State versus North Carolina

This Saturday at 7:30 PM on ABC Florida State will host the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Tar Heels, ranked number 5, are 3-0 with wins over Syracuse, Boston College and Virginia Tech. FSU is 15-3-1 against North Carolina all time, but have lost the last two games in the series. UNC defeated the Seminoles […]

High School Playmakers: Lent, Fisher, Louis

High School Playmakers: Lent, Fisher, Louis

There are a lot of student-athletes in Leon County that fit the criteria of a high school playmaker. Here are three of Leon County’s best playmakers. First, we have Brooke Lent. Lent is a member of Chile’s high school’s volleyball team and is the 68th ranked right hitter in Florida. Lent currently is tied for […]

House Speaker Questions COVID-19 Death Toll

House Speaker Questions COVID-19 Death Toll

By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House speaker on Tuesday called into question the state’s COVID-19 death toll, warning that it was based on compromised data and used a methodology that inflated death rates. Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, sent a memo Tuesday to all House members announcing the […]

Republicans Take Aim at Ausley in Senate Race

Republicans Take Aim at Ausley in Senate Race

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A North Florida Senate district controlled by Democrats for decades is in the crosshairs of incoming Senate President Wilton Simpson, a Republican who is pouring money into a contest that has surprisingly become one of the most contentious legislative races in the November elections. Rep. […]

House Candidate Allison Tant Discusses Campaign

House Candidate Allison Tant Discusses Campaign

Florida House candidate Allison Tant appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart on Sept. 29. Tant, a Democrat, is running against Republican Jim Kallinger for the House District 9 seat. Tant formerly chaired the Florida Democratic Party. She is also a disability rights advocate, and she recently helped launch Independence Landing, […]

COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending October 10th

COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending October 10th

The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a eight week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Observations: Zip code 32304 reported the most cases (70) last week. Three zip codes (32301, 32303, 32304) reported over 50 cases last week. Seven zip codes reported more cases than last week. Three zip […]

Weekly Report: Leon COVID Positivity Rate Below 5% for Last Two Weeks

Weekly Report: Leon COVID Positivity Rate Below 5% for Last Two Weeks

TR’s weekly report (October 5-October 11) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates are detailed below. TR’s October 4th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases moved from 51 cases on October 4th to 58 cases on October 11th, a 13.7% increase. The Leon […]

Leon County Administrator Vince Long Receives Near Perfect Performance Review

Leon County Administrator Vince Long Receives Near Perfect Performance Review

Leon County Commissioners voted to approve County Administrator Vincent Long’s annual performance review at their meeting on Oct. 13. The vote included a one-time lump sum 5% merit increase in the County Administrator’s pay. Long was appointed County Administrator in 2011 and has worked for Leon County since 1995. The Commissioners evaluated his performance based […]