By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State lawmakers often assert that their single required task to complete before the end of the annual 60-day legislative session is to approve a budget for the next fiscal year. But this year’s mission, slated to come to a close next Friday, will go into […]
LOCAL NEWS Via a directive from a U.S District Court, State Attorney Jack Campbell has notified the ‘Second Circuit law enforcement community” that they should take “no steps to enforce Sections 811.02 and 811.103” of the Florida Statutes. Steve Stewart discusses the recent arrest of a Leon High School student on The Preston Scott show. […]
Via a directive from U.S District Court, State Attorney Jack Campbell has notified the ‘Second Circuit law enforcement community” that they should take “no steps to enforce Sections 811.02 and 811.103” of the Florida Statutes. The “law enforcement community” includes 23 agencies. The referenced Florida Statute created state crimes for undocumented immigrants who enter or […]
By Dara Kam and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a stunning move less than a week before the scheduled end of the legislative session, Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo announced Thursday that he has left the Democratic Party and registered as a voter with no party affiliation. Pizzo, who was […]
LOCAL NEWS TR Comments Back: After a brief hiatus. readers can anonymously comment on TR stories. You can review TR’s comment policy here. Steve Stewart discusses TMH CEO appearance at NEBA on The Preston Scott Show. It appears that information gathered during a private meeting – related to the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH) issue – was […]
LOCAL NEWS On Monday, April 21, a teacher at Leon High School approached a 10th-grade student for drinking a beverage and using a phone in class, both of which are violations of school policy. MID Florida Credit Union recently announced plans to acquire Prime Meridian Bank, which was founded in Tallahassee and first opened for […]
On Monday, April 21, a teacher at Leon High School approached a 10th-grade student for drinking a beverage and using a phone in class, both of which are violations of school policy. During the encounter, LCSO said the student “slapped the teacher, shoved him to the ground and punched him several times.” The student has […]
By The News Service of Florida Marva Johnson, a Charter Communications executive and former member of the State Board of Education, is one of four finalists to become president of Florida A&M University, according to an announcement Tuesday. Johnson, who has worked as group vice president for Charter since 2020, served eight years on the […]
TMH has withdrawn a controversial request submitted to the City of Tallahassee for a change in the current governance structure. The email stated, “We wanted to let you know that TMH is hereby withdrawing its request that the City confirm the proposed changes to the TMH Articles and Bylaws, as set forth in that Memorandum […]
Often times successful family business owners grow accustomed to making all the right decisions and ignore issues they view as unimportant, like professional estate planning. However, business owners who think prenuptial agreements or other standalone agreements may be an adequate approach to ensuring family business succession should think again. A case before Judge David Frank […]