Leon County elected officials will receive an overview of the proposed charter review process and consider options and recommendations regarding the establishment of a Citizen Charter Review Committee (CCRC) by November 3, 2025. The Leon County Charter requires that a Citizen Charter Review Committee (CCRC) be appointed by the Board every eight years at least […]
Leon County staff has submitted a semiannual status report regarding the curbside waste collection service provided by Waste Pro, Inc. which indicates continued customer service improvement. On March 21, 2023, the Board directed staff to prepare semi-annual status reports regarding Waste Pro’s performance under a new contract to ensure Waste Pro meets the expectations of […]
One measures party strength by evaluating party voter registration, party identification, party turnout, and party performance. This can be done at the local, state, and national level. This column will address voter registration and party performance. From the last day of 2020 through June 2nd of this year in Leon County Republican registration went up […]
LOCAL NEWS Six months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 36.8% when compared to incident data from January thru June in 2024. Steve Stewart discusses poll results related to cell phones in schools and speed enforcement cameras. First Tee – Tallahassee […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A divided federal appeals court Wednesday backed a 2023 Florida law that requires teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth, rejecting arguments that the law violated First Amendment rights of a transgender teacher in Hillsborough County. A panel of the […]
First Tee – Tallahassee recently announced the award of $300,000 in state appropriations to support and expand its youth development initiatives across the Big Bend region. The press release noted the “milestone investment was made possible through the steadfast leadership of Representative Allison Tant and Senator Corey Simon, and with the approval of Governor Ron […]
Six months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 36.8% when compared to incident data from January thru June in 2024. The drop was driven by a 40.1% decline in property crime. However, the data shows that residential burglaries approached 2024 levels […]
LOCAL NEWS The race for Tallahassee’s next mayor has begun to take shape, with Camron Cooper becoming the first candidate to officially file for the 2026 election. City Commissioner Matlow has previously announced his intentions to run and more recently TR reported Mayor Dailey has decided to run for re-election. TR POLL: Do you support camera enforcement […]
The US Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s tax and domestic policy bill yesterday. The final tally was 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The revised, 940-page document heads to the House for consideration. Three Republicans joined the upper chamber’s 47 Democrats to reject the package: Sens. Rand Paul (KY), Thom Tillis (NC), […]
A new migrant detention center opened yesterday in the Florida Everglades, with President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in attendance. Nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the 39-square-mile site located at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport can house up to 5,000 detainees and is surrounded by swampland filled with alligators and pythons, which officials say serves […]