City Commission Seat 2 candidate Curtis Richardson appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart on Thursday, Sept. 24 to discuss his campaign. Richardson is running against Bill Schack which will be decided in the general election. At the beginning of the episode, Richardson was asked about what his priorities would be […]
Tallahassee City Commission Seat 2 candidate Bill Schack appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports editor Steve Stewart on Oct. 27. During the interview, Schack commented on crime, Blueprint projects and the Children’s Services Council. Schack is running against City Commissioner Curtis Richardson on Nov. 3. At the beginning of the episode, Schack was […]
TR’s weekly report (October 25-November 1) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 25th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending November 1st, shows an increase in all three measures when compared to the seven day average one week ago. However, the positivity rate was […]
Last week, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president. Dailey is a long-standing Democrat, but he received Republican support in his narrow victory in the 2018 Tallahassee mayoral race. Elections for the city commission and the mayor are non-partisan. When Tallahassee Reports asked Thomas Whitely, Dailey’s aide, for insight about […]
With one day left in early voting, the Republican and Democrat make-up of those that have voted appears remarkably similar to the partisan make-up in 2016. After early voting in 2016, Democrats had a 1.5% edge over Republicans, 39.8% – 38.3%. This translated into a 96,450 vote advantage, 2,629,812 to 2,533,362. In 2020, Democrats built […]
The Florida State University Student Supreme Court has reinstated Jack Denton as president of the Student Senate. The Court found that Denton’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was previously ousted from the presidency. Earlier this year, Denton was removed from his position as president after making controversial political statements—including criticizing the Black Lives […]
Dr. Jill Biden, the former second lady and wife of Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, is scheduled to visit Tallahassee on Sunday, Nov 1. She is scheduled to visit Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. Specific times and locations were not immediately released by the Biden campaign. Rev. R.B Holmes, the pastor of the […]
Campaign records maintained by the Leon County Supervisor of Elections show that the Our Kids First political committee, which is supporting the November 3rd Children’s Service Council initiative, received $35,000 in contributions from a Washington D.C based 501(c)4 group. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a 501(c)4 is a social welfare group and can […]
Over seven million registered voters in Florida have already cast their ballot as of Wednesday morning. This means statewide 65% of the likely total voter turnout has already been cast. In Leon County 58% of the projected vote is already in at the Supervisor of Elections’ Office. Republicans are turning out at a higher rate […]
At their meeting on Oct. 28, the City Commissioners unanimously approved a total of $2,000,000 in funding in support of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation applications for the Orange Avenue Affordable Housing Redevelopment project. The Orange Avenue Affordable Housing Redevelopment project aims to address needs in the South City community. The project will redevelop the […]