Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey announced on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, a new initiative he is calling the Tallahassee Awards. The award is to celebrate those “who help make Tallahassee the Best City Ever,” he said in a tweet on Tuesday. He stated that Tallahassee is a city to which other communities aspire to be, and […]
Major Florida Corporations, Publix, Disney World, and Universal Orlando, have updated their COVID-19 policies to coordinate with the new Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. The new CDC guidelines are due to the surge in Delta variant cases across the nation, with Florida being responsible for one-fifth of those cases. Prior to the surge, the […]
The Florida Department of Education recently released statistics reflecting the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) and the End-of-Course (EOC) scores. The information reveals a decline when comparing the 2021 scores to those from 2019. Statewide assessments were not given to students in the 2020 school year, because of school closures and virtual learning during the pandemic. […]
The recent back and forth between Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce has resulted in a solicitation for campaign funds by Mr. Matlow. Matlow, in a sweeping attack of the Chamber last week, questioned the Chamber’s response to the public corruption schemes that are the focus of the on-going […]
According to hospital officials, the current spike in COVID hospitalizations is being driving by unvaccinated, young and healthy people. This trend appears to be different from what happened during the first two waves of the COVID pandemic. “The virus has a new target: the unvaccinated and younger people,” said Mary C. Mayhew, President and CEO, […]
Listed below are select events in our area taking place over the next two weeks. Tallahassee Trivia Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2021, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Where: The Brass Tap, Midtown Tallahassee Cost: Free.What you’ll get: Arrive at 6:30 to register, trivia begins at 7:00. In town trivia at The Brass Tap Midtown Tallahassee […]
The latest jobs report shows that there were 149,517 people working in Leon County in June, which is 532 more than last month. The June unemployment rate came in at 5.4%, up from the 4.5% reported last month. One year ago the June, 2020 unemployment rate was 8.8%. In June, 2019 the unemployment rate was […]
Leon County Administrator, Vince Long, talked with Boris Sanchez on CNN New Day this morning about his recent decision to make COVID vaccinations a condition for employment. He also talked about the steps Leon County is taking to keep employees and the community safe amid the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant […]
The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday aimed at blocking school boards from requiring students to wear masks when the academic year begins in August. In part, the order directs state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to withhold funds to “noncompliant” school boards that impose mask requirements. The Republican governor’s […]
On Friday afternoon, based on updated CDC guidance related to COVID-19, the City of Tallahassee sent out a memo requiring “all city employees and contractors/vendors/volunteers” to wear masks indoors. The change in policy comes amid an increase in positive COVID cases and an increase in hospitalizations in Leon County. The change also comes days after […]