By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida LAKE WORTH —Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democratic challenger, Congresswoman Val Demings, quickly got combative Tuesday as they sought to sway remaining undecided voters in their only head-to-head meeting ahead of the Nov. 8 election for a seat the GOP must retain if it wants […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida An open-government group Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to release additional records about a controversial decision last month to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The Florida Center for Government Accountability filed the lawsuit in Leon County circuit […]
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE — A committee heading the search for a new University of Florida president announced Thursday that it put forward Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska as the lone finalist to lead the state’s flagship university. Sasse would replace outgoing UF President Kent Fuchs, who said […]
On Saturday the ‘Noles will be in Raleigh, North Carolina to take on the NC State Wolfpack. The game will be on the ACC Network at 8 PM. The No. 15 Wolfpack are 4-1 on the season with wins against East Carolina, Charleston Southern, Texas Tech and Connecticut with the loss versus Clemson. FSU has […]
Kaylin Johnson of Chiles High School, Ally Doughty of Chiles High School and Lauren Taylor Lozano of Lincoln High School have been named TR’s Leon County High School Volleyball Players of the Week for week six of the season, ending September 30. All three winners this week are repeat winners. The awards are based on an analysis […]
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A closely watched race for a North Florida state Senate seat long held by Democrats continued to heat up Monday, as incumbent Loranne Ausley and Republican challenger Corey Simon went toe-to-toe on guns, abortion and education issues. Ausley, the scion of a politically connected North […]
The latest jobs report shows that there were 154,547 people working in Leon County in August, which is 1,266 more than last month’s revised employment number. The August unemployment rate came in at 2.8%, down from the 3.0% reported last month. One year ago, the August 2021 unemployment rate was 4.3%. In August, 2019 the […]
Progressive Leader Calls Police Chief and Police Officers Murderers At last Wednesday’s city commission meeting – during the time allocated for public speakers – Delilah Pierre took the opportunity to address elected officials with a 3-mintue commentary which contained objectional language and comments referring to Police Chief Lawrence Revell and TPD officers as murderers. Pierre […]
A Florida Democratic campaign committee has taken the first shot in the race for Florida Senate District 3 that pits incumbent Loranne Ausley against challenger Corey Simon. A campaign mailer that contends Simon will turn “our schools into shooting ranges” began hitting mailboxes this past week. The post card – as shown below – contains […]
Keldri Young of Florida State University High School, Ally Doughty of Chiles High School and Ashlyn Koerner of Lincoln High School have been named TR’s Leon County High School Volleyball Players of the Week for week five of the season, ending September 23rd. The awards are based on an analysis of statistics provided to MaxPreps – the […]