By The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that Florida will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to all people age 50 and older starting Monday. This week, Florida lowered the age threshold from 65 to 60, but the governor said softening demand convinced him the state could go to 50. “The demand has […]
TR’s weekly report (March 8 – March 14) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s March 7th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending March 14th, shows decreases in new cases, the positivity rate and hospitalizations. Since the middle to the end of January 2021, […]
TR’s weekly report (March 1 – March 7) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s February 28th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending March 7th, shows decreases in new cases, the positivity rate and hospitalizations. Since the middle to the end of January 2021, […]
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis gave his State of the State address Tuesday to formally start the 2021 legislative session. Here are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the House and Senate and fellow citizens: I see, in many parts of our country, a sad state of affairs: schools […]
TR’s weekly report (February 22 – February 28) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s February 14th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending February 28th, shows decreases in new cases and the positivity rate and an increase in hospitalizations. Since the middle to the […]
By Jordan Kirkland, The Capitolist Florida gas prices continue to skyrocket thanks to arctic weather causing chaos on the Gulf Coast refinery region. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline rose by 15 cents, putting a $2.61 per gallon price tag at the pump for Florida drivers. The jump at the pump […]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on air travel. The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 62.0% in January when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 70,7077 during January 2020 to 26,653 this year. Last month passenger traffic was […]
TR’s weekly report (February 15 – February 21) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s February 14th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending February 21st, shows decreases in new cases, hospitalizations, and a positivity rate remaining below 5%. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 48.4% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 157 single-family home resales in January 2020 and 233 resales in January 2021. Last month there were 312 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in January 2020 increased […]
Data reported by Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration show that the current number of COVID patients in Leon County hospitals have decreased from 158 on January 25th to 12 on February 19th. Five days ago, on February 15th, there were 80 COVID hospitalizations in Leon County. The level of hospitalizations reported over the last two […]