By The News Service of Florida Florida last week had its largest number of first-time unemployment claims in two months. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 6,510 initial claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended April 5, up from a revised count of 5,587 during the week that ended March […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses the City Commission debate over cooperation with ICE officials on The Preston Scott Show. TPD reports that 574 tickets were issued during the first week of operation of the video enforced speed zone program. The program was activated in two locations. LOCAL SPORTS NEWS On April 8th, the Florida […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The House and Senate on Wednesday passed proposed budgets that are billions of dollars apart, giving them a little more than three weeks to mesh their spending goals and reach an agreement on tax cuts. While the House has proposed cutting the state’s overall sales-tax […]
LOCAL NEWS A Tallahassee man is charged with 101 felonies after the Leon County Sheriff’s Office raided his home Tuesday. The Florida Gaming Control Commission and Leon County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted Operation Westside to shut down three illegal casinos in the Tallahassee area. During the March 26 city commission meeting, Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A bill aimed at preventing a return of efforts to build golf courses, pickleball courts and resorts in state parks is ready to go to the full Florida House. The House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday unanimously supported the measure (HB 209), which sponsor John […]
LOCAL NEWS During the March 26 city commission meeting, Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter questioned the decision by the Tallahassee Police Department to cooperate with the federal government with enforcing immigration laws. Officials say two tornadoes hit Leon County Monday. County Emergency Management Director Kevin Peters says one tornado was reported in the […]
During the March 26 city commission meeting, Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter questioned the decision by the Tallahassee Police Department to cooperate with the federal government with enforcing immigration laws. On March 4, TPD signed an agreement which outlined a cooperative relationship and detailed the city’s commitment to helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Shortly after the Biden administration issued a health-care rule last May to try to prevent discrimination based on gender identity, Florida filed a federal lawsuit challenging the measure. And as recently as Jan. 2, federal-goverment lawyers were defending the rule in a legal brief. But […]
LOCAL NEWS Three months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined when compared to 2024. The Florida Gaming Control Commission and Leon County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted Operation Westside to shut down three illegal casinos in the Tallahassee area. Review the detailed news […]
Three months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 41.3% when compared to incident data from January thru March 2024. The drop was driven by a 45.1% decline in property crime. The report comes after total crime incidents in 2024 declined by […]