On July 30, the Leon County School Board voted unanimously to approve the district’s $666 million tentative spending plan, with the final board approval scheduled for September 10. The budget documents show – as with other local government entities – that the Leon County School Board is projected to receive approximately $10 million more in […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida After a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the National Rifle Association on Wednesday urged an appellate court to find that a 2018 Florida law banning people under age 21 from purchasing rifles and other long guns violates the Second Amendment. The Republican-controlled Legislature and then-Gov. Rick Scott […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Hours after a U.S. district judge ruled against them, Florida and three other states late Tuesday asked an appeals court to temporarily halt a new federal rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs. Attorneys for Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and other plaintiffs scrambled after U.S. District […]
LOCAL NEWS During last night’s Leon County School Board meeting, school officials discussed school grades, the FY2025 budget and a new policy related to discipline. The Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Big Bend Chapter recently issued a press release condemning Tallahassee city commission candidates Jack Porter and Dot Inman-Johnson for attending a forum sponsored by the Tallahassee […]
By The News Service of Florida Pointing to issues such as traffic safety, the Florida Sheriffs Association and the Florida Police Chiefs Association on Tuesday announced opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow use of recreational marijuana. The sheriffs association said its members approved a resolution opposing the initiative during a meeting last […]
Below are the Leon County School news briefs from the July 30, 2024, meeting. The Board heard comments from Pineview Elementary School Principal Carmen Conner. Pineview went from letter grade “C” to an “A” for the first time in school history. The Board heard comments from Nims Middle School Principal Dr. Bolden. Nims Middle School […]
Today the Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Big Bend Chapter issued a press release condemning Tallahassee city commission candidates Jack Porter and Dot Inman-Johnson for attending a forum sponsored by the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC), a self-avowed socialist and anti-police group. The press release stated that the group is “a far left-wing activist group […]
LOCAL NEWS BREAKING NEWS: Today the Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Big Bend Chapter issued a press release condemning Tallahassee city commission candidates Jack Porter and Dot Inman-Johnson for attending a forum sponsored by the Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC), a self-avowed socialist and anti-police group. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding businesses, […]
President Joe Biden yesterday proposed a set of changes to the US Supreme Court, including creating an enforceable code of conduct and setting term limits for justices—a departure from the current lifetime tenure. Capping each justice’s term to 18 years could reduce the chances of a single president shaping the country’s highest court, according to Biden. The […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a death warrant for an inmate convicted in the 1994 murder of a Florida State University student who went to the Ocala National Forest to camp with his sister. Loran Cole, 57, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 29 at Florida […]