Candidates running for the Leon County Commission have raised a total of $176,651 as of the February 10th campaign report filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections. The candidates have spent $25,939 and have $147,604 left for campaign activities. The next report is due March 10th. The table below shows the campaign fundraising activities […]
Anthony DeMarco is running for Leon County School Board District 1 which is currently occupied by Alva Striplin. Striplin filed to run for re-election on February 1. Below are the unedited answers provided by Mr. DeMarco to four questions submitted by Tallahassee Reports. Why did you choose to run for school board? I chose to […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that January 2021 passenger traffic was 54,800. This is 13.2% or 8,346 passengers below the pre-COVID passenger traffic (63,146) reported in January 2019. December traffic increased 161.9% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up from 26,715 during January 2021 to […]
Tallahassee Reports recently broke a story about the purchase of the Killearn Country Club by Atlanta Ventures, a company founded by David Cummings who has significant ties to Tallahassee. Provided below is a statement released by Atlanta Ventures related to the purchase. Dear KCC Members and Killearn Community, We’re very excited to announce that in […]
At the March 1, 2022 Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission meeting, officials will consider a staff recommendation to rezone the property where the vacant Kohl’s building is located. The applicant and present owner of the property is Continental 182 Fund, LLC. The parent company is Continental Properties located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The application requests an […]
The Florida State House approved a ban on abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy Thursday morning, adding to the list of Republican-led states that have modeled legislation after the Mississippi law that has been challenged and is now awaiting a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. HB 5, titled “Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality,” […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature’s 60-day session reached its halfway point Wednesday. Here are snapshots of 10 big issues in the session: — ABORTION: The Republican-controlled House and Senate are moving forward with a proposal that would prevent physicians from providing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. […]
TALLAHASSEE — A challenge to a controversial state law that bans transgender females from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams has been put on hold while another Florida case plays out in a federal appeals court. U.S. District Judge Roy Altman last week issued a stay in the challenge filed on behalf of a […]
The latest jobs report shows that there were 151,375 people working in Leon County in December, which is 912 less than last month’s revised employment number. The December unemployment rate came in at 3.4%, down from the 3.5% reported last month. One year ago, the December 2020 unemployment rate was 3.5%. In December, 2019 the […]
Current Leon County School Board member Alva Swafford Striplin filed on February 1 to run for re-election for Leon County School Board District Seat 1. Striplin first won the seat in 2014 and was subsequently re-elected in 2018. Striplin told Tallahassee Reports, “Now more than ever, our community needs a voice on the Leon County […]