There are six constitutional amendments on the November 3 ballot. An amendment passes when it receives 60-percent approval from voters. Here’s a breakdown of each one. AMENDMENT 1: Citizenship Requirement to Vote in Florida Elections This amendment changes one word of the state constitution regarding who can vote in the state. A “yes” vote supports […]
One of the concerns voiced by opponents of the creation of a Children Services Council (CSC) in Leon County is administrative costs. Advocates for the CSC have stated that the administrative costs will run between 6-12% of all expenses and that the costs will be far less than the benefits of the children services programs. […]
TR’s weekly report (October 11-October 18) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 11th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases moved from 58 cases on October 11th to 56 cases on October 18th, a 3.4% decrease. The Leon […]
Reports from the Florida Department of Revenue (FDOR) show the impact of the COVID-19 mitigation efforts on restaurant sales across Florida. The statewide impacts were comparable to the revenue losses experienced by restaurant establishments in Leon County. Florida restaurant taxable sales fell 37% in April and 53% in May when compared to same months in […]
By Jordan Kirkland, The Capitolist With less than three weeks until the election, the battle to stop Ballot Amendment 2 continued on Tuesday, with a new ad pointing to the dangers of a $15 minimum wage being released by Save Florida Jobs. The 18-second ad released by the political committee cuts straight to the ballot […]
The results of a Tallahassee Bar Association (TBA) poll shows that judicial candidate Amanda Wall received the highest percentage of qualified responses when compared to her competitors. The poll asks members of the TBA to rate the candidates in two categories – legal ability and temperament. Wall received a 96% qualified rating for legal ability […]
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House speaker on Tuesday called into question the state’s COVID-19 death toll, warning that it was based on compromised data and used a methodology that inflated death rates. Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, sent a memo Tuesday to all House members announcing the […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 10.6% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 284 single-family home resales in September 2019 and 314 resales in September 2020. Last month there were 307 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in August 2020 increased […]
The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a eight week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Observations: Zip code 32304 reported the most cases (70) last week. Three zip codes (32301, 32303, 32304) reported over 50 cases last week. Seven zip codes reported more cases than last week. Three zip […]
TR’s weekly report (October 5-October 11) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates are detailed below. TR’s October 4th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases moved from 51 cases on October 4th to 58 cases on October 11th, a 13.7% increase. The Leon […]