Recreated LCS Minutes Not Reflective of Meetings
On August 20, 2019 Leon County Schools provided the minutes of three meetings requested last week by Tallahassee Reports. The response, fulfilled…
Steve Stewart
Steve Stewart is the founder and editor of Tallahassee Reports which began in 2009 as an online blog. Steve received a Bachelors Degree from Clemson University in 1984 and a Masters degree in Political Science from FSU in 1990. He has been involved with state and local politics since arriving in Tallahassee in 1989.
Washington Square Developer Reaches Agreement with City
The City of Tallahassee and Fairmount Tallahassee, LLC – the developer of the downtown Washington Square project- have reached an agreement that…
LCS Meetings Appear to Violate Sunshine Rules
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the Leon County School Board Agenda Review/Workshop meetings – regularly conducted on the Monday ahead of the…
Critical Report on Bus Changes Not Discussed in School Board Meeting
Leon County School Board (LCSB) meeting materials show that a “Transportation Department Updates” item, which included a thirty-one page report on proposed…
Leon County Residential Resales Slow in July, Annual Growth Down
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county decreased 10.8% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago.…
Weekly Crime Tracker: Northwest Tallahassee Leads in Reported Incidents
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were 16 violent incidents and 79 property incidents reported for the…
BREAKING NEWS: Hanna Removes Joanos, EDULOG
At a press conference today Superintendent Rocky Hanna addressed the LCS transportation crisis by saying “today I am angry.” He announced that…
Rocky Hanna: “A Colossal Failure.” Special Needs Students Left at School Without Transportation
Superintendent Rocky Hanna, in a live Facebook announcement just minutes ago, stated that the move to a new transportation system was a…
Former Superintendent Pons Comments on LCS Transportation Issue
The elimination of “courtesy routes” (bus routes within two miles of schools) by LCS for the upcoming school year has caused a…
LCS Route Changes Touted Efficiency, Savings. Vote was Unanimous.
At the May 22, 2018 Leon County School Board meeting, elected officials voted 5-0 to move forward with transportation system changes recommended…
Maddox, Carter-Smith Plea Agreements were Signed Weeks Apart
A review of the plea agreements signed by Scott Maddox and Paige Carter-Smith indicate that Maddox signed his plea agreement with the…
Gatehouse Buys Gannett, Projects $300 Million in Cuts
Two of the country’s largest newspaper companies – Gatehouse and Gannett – have agreed to combine. GateHouse Media is buying USA Today…