Taxpayers Deserve Answers, Not Shell Games
Over the last few months, both the County and City governments have been less than honest with millions of dollars of money…
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Employment Gains Differ Since Recession, Tallahassee recovers 30% of jobs lost since Jan. of 2007
One of the many ways to evaluate the recovery of any recession is to look at the length of time it takes…
Home Sales Continue To Increase, Prices Finally Begin To Rebound
Many economists argue that the Great Recession was made great by the widespread failure of mortgage products that were used to fuel…
EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS: The Source of Local Campaign Contributions for 2014
Local candidates who have declared their intention to run for office in 2014 filed their latest financial activity reports with the Leon…
A Newspaper is Born!
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Pull the Plug On the Brew Pub
In the best of times, a city government spending $2.1 million to renovate a government owned building to facilitate a restaurant would…
CRA to Become Stand Alone Department, Personnel Expenses to Increase
The City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), whose mission is to reduce conditions of physical blight within the agency’s two redevelopment districts:…
Brew Pub Vote Took Forty-One Seconds, Commissioners Briefed in Private. See Video.
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the vote to allocate an additional $1.3 million for a Brew Pub restaurant in Cascades Park took…
Leon County Employment Improves
The unemployment rate is one of the most watched economic statistics. And with the slow creation of jobs during this longer than…
Au Péché Mignon French Pastry Shop Expands
Au Péché Mignon, a locally owned pastry shop that opened in the fall of 1991, is remodeling its location in Market Square…
You Can Fight City Hall – Or The DHSMV
The Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) has published a document called “Traffic Crash Facts” (TCF) since at least 1994.…
Mckibbon Hotel Group Consultant Communicated with Staff Without Registering as a City Lobbyist
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the consultant retained by the Mckibbon Hotel Group (MHG) – who has business before the City Commission…