The State of Florida employment report for July shows that Leon County added 433 jobs. This increase is a rebound from three consecutive months of job losses. The unemployment rate remained at 5.0% for July. With these gains, approximately 2,100 more people were working in July of this year when compared to July of last […]
The Network of Entrepreneur’s & Business Advocates (NEBA), a local business group with over 250 members recently announced their endorsements of local candidates. During election years, NEBA provides candidate forums on political races that include US Congress, state legislature, city and county commission, Constitutional officers, school superintendent and school board races. NEBA also profiles Constitutional […]
A new upscale sports bar is opening this coming week and the owner wants wing-lovers to “Get Baked.” Sam Osborne, owner of the new Island Wing Company Grill & Bar Tallahassee at 1370 Market St., serves wings for the hard-core wing lover, but there isn’t a fryer or any grease on the premises. All the […]
The State of Florida employment report for June shows that Leon County lost 1,393 jobs. This is the third month in a row that the number of people employed in Leon County has declined. This month’s loss follows losses of 628 jobs in May, and 1,211 in April. Also, the unemployment rate increased from 4.0% […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that City Manager Rick Fernandez counted the salary from a position that had not been filled since 2014 as savings to justify the raises he gave to a select group of executive managers. Last week, City Manager Rick Fernandez went before City Commissioners to explain the 5-digit raises that resulted in […]
The latest numbers for the Tallahassee International Airport (TIA) show passenger traffic increased modestly in June this year when compared to June traffic in 2015. The numbers for June 2016 show a .8% increase in passenger traffic. The number of passengers increased from 59,675 during last June to 60,158 this year. The Passenger Traffic Report above […]
By Karen Murphy It’s Friday night, a local band is playing some fun, classic rock tunes. Couples are dancing under the stars or sitting back having a beer as kids play in the sand pit. It’s not a night at the beach, though. It’s a night in Killearn Lakes at Hurricane Grill & Wings. General […]
Back in January when the City Commission voted 3-2 to extend the bar hours from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. it appears no one checked with the higher education community. Well, no need to call them now. Ahead of the City Commission’s scheduled reconsideration of the vote tomorrow, leaders at FSU, FAMU, and TCC, have […]
Tallahassee Reports, a locally owned newspaper with a mission of providing investigative reporting and community news, announced they are expanding their monthly print addition to two times a month and are also adding an award winning reporter. Kathy Stewart, TR’s publisher, said “the time is right for expansion. Our original investigative reporting and community news […]
Budget Hawks, one of the groups working to overturn the 13% property tax increase adopted by the CIty of Tallahassee last year, issued a press release urging city commissioners to grant a request from the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce to eliminate the city business tax. Commercial real estate developer and founding Budget Hawk Russell Price […]