By The News Service of Florida Florida’s general-revenue tax collections in August topped expectations by 3.4 percent. The Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research in a report Monday said Florida collected about $3.874 billion in net general revenue in August, $127.1 million more than economists had projected. General revenue is closely watched because it […]
By Livia Caputo, Florida Phoenix Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier led 21 states in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday supporting a Tallahassee mother who claimed her rights were violated when a local middle school created a secret plan supporting her child switching genders. Uthmeier’s lengthy letter of support is the latest […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting held on September 17, 2025. Presentations: The city commission presented proclamations related to National Good Neighbor Day & Good Neighbor Week, John G. Riley Center & Museum Day, Fire Prevention Week, National Recovery Month, Tallahassee Babe Ruth World Series Teams, and Dr. Julian […]
Nine months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 29.7% when compared to incident data from January thru September in 2024. The drop was driven by a 48.5% decline in commercial burglaries and a 33.4% decline auto related crime incidents. Despite the […]
The City of Tallahassee recently announced the winter sports schedule. Winter sports registration is now open at Talgov.com/Parks. Youth SoccerSoccer is offered for kids of nearly all ages, with coed teams available for ages 4-17 and all-girls teams available for ages 7-17. Practices begin on Monday, Nov. 17, at convenient locations around the city. Games will […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road. Steve Stewart interviews Florida House Rep. Gallop Franklin. LOCAL SPORTS On October 3, the Rickards Raiders (2–5) hosted the Bishop Kenny Crusaders (2–2) in a non-conference matchup. Rickards, […]
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road. According to reports, three vehicles were hit and two people in separate vehicles were struck. A woman was hurt and a man was seriously injured. LCSO, with help from the […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County Sheriff’s Office is preparing the second edition of its Anatomy of a Homicide project. The report will look into local gun-violence incidents from 2021 through the end of this year. Sheriff Walt McNeil says the report serves as an important tool to understand who commits crime in our community and […]
By The News Service of Florida Federal government attorneys Thursday urged a judge to reject certifying as a class action a lawsuit alleging that immigrants at a detention center in the Everglades are being denied proper access to lawyers. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other defendants pushed back against a request […]
By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix Escambia County did not violate students’ First Amendment rights in keeping from them a book about two male penguins raising a chick together, a federal judge found this week. In a suit between the authors of the book and the Escambia County School Board, Chief U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor […]