TR’s weekly report (November 1-8) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s November 1st weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending November 8th, shows an increase in cases and positivity rate and lower COVID hospitalizations. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A top Florida campaign strategist for President Donald Trump credited outreach to a broad swath of voters and sophisticated use of data as playing key roles in Trump’s win Tuesday over Democrat Joe Biden in the state. Trump senior adviser Susie Wiles, in a three-page […]
Updated 6:25 a.m. City Commission Seat 2 Curtis Richardson 60,649 69.54% Bill Schack 26,564 30.46% Leon County At-Large Kelly Otte 61,329 43.89% Carolyn Cummings 76,698 54.89% Leon County District 4 Bryan Desolge 15,999 43.12% Brian Welch 21,106 56.88% Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna 93,062 59.59% Pam Hightower 62,425 39.97% Children’s Services Council Yes 100,357 65.83% […]
Tallahassee Reports has provided a number of profiles and interviews of local candidates. All of our coverage can be found in the local races tab. Listed below are links for specific races. City Commission Seat 2 Curtis Richardson Bill Schack Leon County Commission District 4 Bryan Desloge Brian Welch Leon County Commission At-Large Carolyn Cummings […]
TR’s weekly report (October 25-November 1) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 25th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending November 1st, shows an increase in all three measures when compared to the seven day average one week ago. However, the positivity rate was […]
With one day left in early voting, the Republican and Democrat make-up of those that have voted appears remarkably similar to the partisan make-up in 2016. After early voting in 2016, Democrats had a 1.5% edge over Republicans, 39.8% – 38.3%. This translated into a 96,450 vote advantage, 2,629,812 to 2,533,362. In 2020, Democrats built […]
Campaign records maintained by the Leon County Supervisor of Elections show that the Our Kids First political committee, which is supporting the November 3rd Children’s Service Council initiative, received $35,000 in contributions from a Washington D.C based 501(c)4 group. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a 501(c)4 is a social welfare group and can […]
The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 1,958 jobs in September. One year ago Leon County added 4,902 jobs. The unemployment in September was 4.9%. The unemployment last month (August) was 5.6%. One year ago the unemployment rate was 2.8% in September. The number of people working in September, 2020 decreased when compared […]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on air travel. The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 63.5% in September when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 70,340 during September 2019 to 25,697 this year. Last month passenger traffic was […]
TR’s weekly report (October 18-October 25) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 18th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending October 25th, shows a decline in all three measures when compared to the seven day average one week ago. Of particular note, the positivity […]