David Bellamy Raises $103k, City Commissioner Matlow Responds

David Bellamy Raises $103k, City Commissioner Matlow Responds

The recent campaign reports filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections indicate that the candidates in the race for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3 are going to be well financed. David Bellamy reported $64,750 in November for a total of $103,950 raised since he filed on October 1. Bellamy has spent approximately $4,343.00. The […]

DeSantis Adds Fuel to Critical Race Theory Fight

DeSantis Adds Fuel to Critical Race Theory Fight

By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Continuing his administration’s campaign against critical race theory, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday teased legislation that he said would, in part, allow parents to sue schools that teach the theory. Flanked by Republican lawmakers, parents and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, the governor held an event […]

DeSantis Takes Aim at Federal Immigration Policies

DeSantis Takes Aim at Federal Immigration Policies

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis focused on national politics Friday as he rolled out a series of proposals for the upcoming 2022 legislative session aimed at the border policies of President Joe Biden. DeSantis called for state lawmakers to “fight against the Biden border crisis” by passing […]

Leon County Blueprint IA Approves $115.8 Million Bond Issuance, FSU Project

Leon County Blueprint IA Approves $115.8 Million Bond Issuance, FSU Project

After over 4 hours of citizen comment, elected official debate and legal wrangling, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) voted 7-5 to approve the process to obtain financing for projects totaling up to $115.8. The projects include the $20 million project to update Doak Campbell Stadium. Before the much anticipated vote, but after the motion on […]

UPDATED: Tallahassee City Commission Approves $29 Million for Two Airport Projects

UPDATED: Tallahassee City Commission Approves $29 Million for Two Airport Projects

On Wednesday, the Tallahassee City Commission voted to award a construction contract for the International Passenger Processing Facility (IPPF) Project ($23,476,000) and an additional 5% project contingency ($1,173,800) to Whitesell-Green, Inc. in the amount of $24,649,800. The funding will be provided by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the Federal Aviation Administration, the Coronavirus Aid, […]

Florida Abortion Totals by County

Florida Abortion Totals by County

By The News Service of Florida The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments about a Mississippi law that would ban almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Florida had a reported 74,868 abortions in 2020. Here are counties that totaled the most abortions last year. The numbers reflect county residents who had […]

Tallahassee People on the Move

Tallahassee People on the Move

Capital Regional Medical Center Appoints Lori Merritt as Assistant Administrator Capital Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare North Florida Division, announces the appointment of Lori Merritt as Assistant Administrator and co-ECO. Lori has been with Capital Regional Medical Center since September 2008 as a Speech-Language Pathologist and most recently the Director of Rehab […]

Growth in Residential Re-Sales Continue to Slow

Growth in Residential Re-Sales Continue to Slow

Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were slightly down when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 313 single-family home resales in October 2020 and 309 resales in October 2021. Last month there were 313 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in October 2021 increased […]