By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, touting her campaign as “something new” and saying she will fight the “rigged system” in Tallahassee, formally entered the 2022 race for governor on Tuesday. Fried, an attorney and former medical-marijuana lobbyist who scored a narrow victory in 2018 to become […]
NOTE 06/01: No daily updates from 5/29-5/31. Numbers provided 6/1 are averaged to provide daily estimates. NOTE 01/01: There was no report from FDOH on 01/01. NOTE 12/26: There was no report from FDOH on 12/25. NOTE 11/27: There was no report from FDOH on 11/26. NOTE 10/11: There was no DOH COVID daily report […]
Last week the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency voted 11-1 to move forward with a $2.6 million incentive package for an economic development project labeled “Project Mango.” City Commissioner Jack Porter was the only elected official to vote no. Provided below are her comments from the Blueprint meeting explaining her vote. Support Local, Fact-Based Journalism witha $50 […]
A commercial building permit has been recorded with the City of Tallahassee for a 104,000 square-foot self-storage unit to be located at 1391 Timberlane Road. The location is between Gilchrist Elementary School and the Market Square shopping center. The property was purchased in March 2021 for $1,650,000 by Par II Storage located in Largo, Florida. […]
The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency met on May 27th to consider a number of projects. The meeting lasted for over seven hours. Listed below are notes on the outcomes related to votes taken on six projects. Project Mango The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) voted 11-1 to move forward with offering a $2.6 million incentive package to […]
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist (D-13) leads all Florida Democrats in the 2022 gubernatorial primary in a recently released St. Pete Polls survey. In the poll, Crist came away with 55 percent of respondents, while likely candidate and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried only drew 22 percent. Only 11 percent of voters are supporting other candidates […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 12.7% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 268 single-family home resales in April 2020 and 302 resales in April 2021. Last month there were 316 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in April 2021 increased […]
Now that the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency has voted to move forward with “Project Mango”, Tallahassee Reports took a look at two similar projects in different communities in the U.S. The research into the benefits of a “fulfillment center” cited in these communities provides a hint of what might be on the horizon for Tallahassee. Amazon […]
During the May 25th School Board meeting the Board approved an agreement between The Leon County School Board and the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce and a payment of $50,000. The agreement relates to the World Class Schools of Leon County, Inc., a program of the Chamber. World Class Schools (WCS) is a 501(c)(3) program […]
The latest jobs report shows that there were 148,951 people working in Leon County in April, which is 518 more than last month. The unemployment rate came in 4.6%, unchanged from last month. One year ago the April, 2020 unemployment rate was 8.9%. In April, 2019 the unemployment rate was 2.8%. Due to the COVID […]