Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said county government is putting together a plan to relax its mask mandate by as early as June. Orange County is home to Orlando. “We are working with the department of health on a plan to phase reducing requirements of wearing facial coverings and social distancing,” Demings said. “We are […]
The new Tallahassee Emergency Assessment Mobile Unit (TEAM) is actively responding to non-violent 9-1-1 calls for service with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. The pilot program was approved last fall as the City Commission voted to implement special mental health initiatives in response to an emergent mental health need during the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried recently appeared on Facing South Florida, with Jim DeFede and responded to questions related to medical marijuana, Governor DeSantis and her political future. Provided below is a summary of the interview. Jim Defede: You ran on legalizing medicinal marijuana and you want to move toward legalizing recreational marijuana, are there […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at allowing people to use recreational marijuana, saying it would be misleading to voters. Backers of the proposed amendment sought to put it on the 2022 ballot and had submitted hundreds of thousands […]
Tallahassee City’s Commissioner’s approved the lease termination of the Tallahassee Ballet in order to move forward with the redevelopment of the Northwood Centre for the building of the new Tallahassee Police Department headquarters. The Tallahassee Police Department has occupied its current location on Seventh Avenue since 1972. As the department has grown in size, […]
City Commissioners approved the launch and advancement of the “PowerTLH” campaign for electric vehicle charging stations. The central theme of the campaign is to present the City’s progressive approach to clean energy for Tallahassee residents. PowerTLH is the next step in the Clean Energy Plan resolution to move the city to 100% renewable energy by […]
During the April 21, 2020 City Commission meeting the City Commissioner Jack Porter made a motion that city staff formulate a proposal regarding a municipal issued identification card programs. City Commissioners voted unanimously to support Porter’s motion. Municipal Identification (ID) Cards are issued by local governments and typically allow access to county or city programs […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis late Monday signed into law a plan to require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Floridians, with the estimated $1 billion a year in revenue going to curb a pair of taxes on Florida businesses. While the […]
TR’s weekly report (April 11 – April 18) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s April 11th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending April 18th, shows all indicators increased, but are still below notable benchmarks. For example, the positivity rate increased from 3.2% last […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic increased 9.4% in March when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up from 37,829 during March 2020 to 41,377 this year. The 9.4% increase this month is relative to March 2020 traffic which began to feel the impact of […]