The general fund budget for Leon County Schools is being hit with an unanticipated $11.5 million decrease. According to an item approved by Leon County School Board members on Tuesday, the decrease is the result of adjustments related to the Family Empowerment and McKay Scholarship school choice programs. Last year the impact was significantly less […]
During the 2022 legislative session Florida Republicans took actions that distanced themselves from some of Florida’s biggest corporations – Governor DeSantis took on Disney, and the Florida Legislature let a corporate income tax break expire. The publisher of Floridapolitics.com, Peter Schorsch, tweeted that corporations “got (royally) screwed during Session.” This assessment goes against the traditional narrative that corporate […]
An analysis of news articles published by journalists in the Tallahassee Democrat between February 9th and March 11th show that reporters repeatedly used the term “Don’t Say Gay” slogan when writing about the Parental Rights in Education bill. The analysis shows that the “Don’t Say Gay” term was used over 6 times more than the […]
One day after Disney CEO Bob Chapek came out against the Parental Rights in Education bill, Governor Ron DeSantis responded forcefully with references to China and woke corporations. On Wednesday, Chapek addressed the parental rights legislation at a shareholders meeting by saying, “I know that many are upset that we did not speak out against the […]
Expense records indicate that school district funds were used to pay for Leon County School District employees to attend the “All Together Now” (ATN) conference sponsored by Equality Florida. Equality Florida is a left-wing progressive group that advocates for LGBTQ issues and was recently in the news for attacking Governor Ron DeSantis via television advertisements. The group is registered […]
Florida State House Representative Allison Tant (D-FL) appeared on The Steve Stewart Show on RealTalk93.3 on Thursday to discuss the 2022 Florida legislative session. Tant’s district covers most of downtown Tallahassee and the northern Tallahassee metropolitan area. The district includes Florida State University and the Florida State Capitol. A large college and urban population coupled with a […]
Florida legislators, led by Republican leaders, are considering changes (SB 524, HB 7067) to the absentee ballot verification process that has one critic calling the proposal “a recipe for disaster” and another implying the new rules are racist. Under current law, voters enclose completed mail-in ballots inside “secrecy” envelopes or sleeves before putting them inside another envelope […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that in a meeting on Thursday night the current owners of the Killearn Country Club have given the go-ahead to sell the club to Atlanta Ventures, a business that invests in start-up companies. David Cummings, who is the founder and partner of Atlanta Ventures, is described as an Atlanta-based tech entrepreneur […]
Gaines Street Pies, a pizza restaurant owned by City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, is in negotiations with an FSU offensive lineman to sign a name, image and likeness (NIL) deal. Tomahawknation.com first reported the negotiations. “We worked with Dillan Gibbons and his organization Big Man, Big Heart, providing food for his event with the Boys and […]
Tallahassee city officials are recommending that city commissioners adopt a change to the current noise ordinance to address concerns noted by law enforcement. These concerns relate to the lack of cooperation with businesses to initiate a noise complaint where large groups have gathered. The agenda item states that the City’s noise ordinance is ineffective at […]