LOCAL NEWS The latest jobs report shows the Leon County July unemployment rate increased to 4.4%. The June unemployment rate was 4.3%. Leon County’s after-school program is once again looking to the local Children’s Services Council for help propping up its budget. That move comes after the state last week informed 27 counties, including Leon, […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, with a state economist saying demand remains high for workers. “The number of job openings is up from the same point in the year before,” Jimmy Heckman, chief of workforce statistics and economic research at the […]
Benjamin Lester Abberger III, who worked on the 1976 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and worked as a Cabinet aide to Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter, died on August 15, 2025. He was 72. He was born to Nancy Hardy Abberger and Benjamin Lester Abberger, Jr., M.D. on November […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses controversy related to the fire services fund. Bond was denied Thursday for a Tallahassee woman who was arrested Wednesday in connection with the drowning death of her 2-year-old son, O’Rhyan Moore. FLORIDA NEWS Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said […]
Florida had 6,230 initial unemployment claims during the week that ended Aug. 9, down slightly from the previous week, according to a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The state had a revised count of 6,252 claims during the week that ended Aug. 2. The state has averaged 6,866 claims a week […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state plans to use a shuttered prison in North Florida to boost detention of people targeted for deportation. The conversion of Baker Correctional Institution, which state corrections […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses Mayor Dailey’s decision to not seek re-election. Leon County Commissioners have thwarted the City of Tallahassee’s efforts to raise fire fees. The county commission voted at a special meeting Tuesday to reject the proposed 22% fee hike for the next fiscal year. FLORIDA NEWS Siding with publishers and authors, a federal […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida HAVANA — Despite pleas from animal-rights advocates, Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved holding a 23-day bear hunt in December that could lead to 187 bears being killed. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved rules for the state’s first bear hunt in more than a […]
LOCAL NEWS Three candidates have filed to run for Jeremy Matlow’s city commission seat. The candidates include Talethia Edwards, PJ Andres Perez and Norm Roche. Leon County Commissioners Proctor and Caban will hold a joint press conference to address the outcome of the County Commission’s special meeting regarding the proposed fire assessment. The event is […]
By The News Service of Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson are expected this week to tout a new program that involves buying and distributing fresh food products to help people who are “food insecure.” Albritton said Monday during a Hardee County legislative delegation meeting that he and Simpson will […]