Hugh Max Jordan died peacefully October 11th, 2025, surrounded by his family in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born November 29, 1940, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was the third eldest of twelve children born to the late Ross Allen Jordan and Vivian Dyal Jordan. In his youth, his parents started several businesses, such as a gas […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Jim Boyd, a veteran lawmaker who heads an insurance and investment firm in Bradenton, was formally selected Tuesday by Senate Republicans to become the next Senate president. Boyd, who is the Senate majority leader, will succeed President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, after the November 2026 elections. […]
By The News Service of Florida With Citizens Property Insurance Corp. leaders expecting tens of thousands of policies to move to the private market later this year, the state insurer’s policy count remained almost unchanged last week. Citizens had 769,059 policies as of Friday, compared to 769,017 policies a week earlier and 769,294 policies two […]
LOCAL NEWS Alva Smith: Our ability to pay teachers a higher wage is handcuffed by the operation of too many under capacity schools caused by popularity of School Choice vouchers and scholarships, well-performing Charter Schools and shifting population demographics. The latest campaign reports filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections for the 2026 election […]
The latest campaign reports filed with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections for the 2026 election cycle shows that Tallahassee mayoral candidate Daryl Parks raised $91,775. Parks was followed by City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow who raised $73,489 and Loranne Ausley with $64,082. In the Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3 contest, Talethia Edwards reported $15,200, P.J. […]
A bill filed Monday by state Rep. Tom Fabricio would require teachers to take an oath to the Constitution and nonpartisanship. Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes, is an attorney and has been in office since 2020. The bill, HB 147, would require teachers to, “before entering upon the duties of a classroom teacher,” take the oath. The language […]
As recently reported, our dedicated teachers and other employees continue to be tremendously underpaid. Leon County School District operating reserves have dwindled down to the minimum amount required by law and this year we were embarrassingly only able to offer our teachers a minimal raise, and other support staff saw no raise at all. Something […]
LOCAL NEWS The Institute for Governance and Civics (IGC) at Florida State University recently published their findings after surveying 1,234 Florida voters before the 2024 general election about trust in public schools. They found that an “alarming” number of Floridians do not trust K-12 schools, and that their distrust primarily comes from the concerns that schools have become overly […]
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix As the Florida Democratic Party continues to consider opening its primary elections to independent voters, a survey backed by proponents finds strong support for the idea. Florida Open Primaries, an advocacy group working to open Florida’s closed primary voting system, along with the group Open Primaries and its Let Us Vote campaign, […]
LOCAL NEWS The latest Leon County Sheriff’s Office School Resource 2024-25 Annual Report is out, and it shows a 38.3% increase in high school arrests when compared to 2023-24. The increase was driven by a significant increase in arrests at Leon and Rickards high schools. The chart below shows the arrests for each of the […]