By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Property owners would be the big winners in a tax-relief package released Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis as he proposed a record $91.3 billion budget for next fiscal year. Unlike the broad, business-friendly tax packages that have rolled out of the Legislature the past few […]
The Dream Defenders, a group that endorsed former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum for governor of Florida, is responsible for putting up billboards in Tallahassee entitled, “He’s Not Our Governor.” The billboards were unveiled around the time Republican Ron DeSantis was sworn in as Florida’s governor. The Dream Defenders, a group founded in 2012, list goals […]
Dr. Erwin Jackson, through his attorney C.B. Upton, filed a Notice of Appeal today with the First District Court of Appeal related to the decision rendered by a lower court addressing an alleged Florida Sunshine Law violation by the City of Tallahassee. Upton told Tallahassee Reports that he hopes a schedule for briefing the appeals […]
Newly elected Mayor John Dailey recently introduced his office staff. Dailey tweeted last week : “We’ve already hit the ground running but I wanted to take a second to introduce my team: Thomas Whitley (Chief of Staff), Cathy Branch (Dir. of Internal Affairs), & Courtney Thomas (Dir. of External Affairs). I’m excited to have them […]
The Swift Creek Middle School Boys soccer team won the 2018 Soccer Championship in Leon County by defeating Deerlake Middle School. Coach Bradley Blake, who led the team through an undefeated season, encouraged his players to work to be the best team they could possibly be. Blake, who played soccer growing up, attributed his interest […]
Jennings DePriest has told Tallahassee Reports that the Florida Commission on Ethics has found probable cause with regards to a complaint he filed against Dustin Daniels. Daniels is the former Chief of Staff for Mayor Andrew Gillum and former Tallahassee mayoral candidate. The complaint was based on reporting by Tallahassee Reports that revealed Mayor Andrew […]
On Friday, January 18th, Judge John Cooper decided in favor of the City of Tallahassee in legal matter related to a lawsuit filed by Tallahassee businessman Dr. Erwin Jackson. Jackson alleged that the City of Tallahassee violated the Florida Sunshine Law when officials excluded 84 of the 93 applicants from the selection process for a […]
For Maclay K-12 School, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. was not a day long activity but continued throughout the week of January 14th. Each day there were activities for each grade that helped students understand and appreciate Martin Luther King and celebrate his 90th birthday. The Lower School at Maclay organized specific activities that would […]
By Greg Tish, Contributing Writer, Tallahassee Reports We drive down the streets of Tallahassee daily but many of us have no idea how the streets got their names. Let’s take a look at two streets in our area that are wrapped around the same family – Fleischmann Road and Welaunee Boulevard. If you have ever […]
Each year the Tallahassee Festival aims to bring the community together in order to show just how welcoming the city of Tallahassee can be. This year the Tallahassee Festival took place on January 12 from 4pm- 9:30pm. The festival is put together with the partnership of FSU, TCC, FAMU, and the Knight Creative Communities Institute. […]