With one day left in early voting, the Republican and Democrat make-up of those that have voted appears remarkably similar to the partisan make-up in 2016. After early voting in 2016, Democrats had a 1.5% edge over Republicans, 39.8% – 38.3%. This translated into a 96,450 vote advantage, 2,629,812 to 2,533,362. In 2020, Democrats built […]
The Florida State University Student Supreme Court has reinstated Jack Denton as president of the Student Senate. The Court found that Denton’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was previously ousted from the presidency. Earlier this year, Denton was removed from his position as president after making controversial political statements—including criticizing the Black Lives […]
Dr. Jill Biden, the former second lady and wife of Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, is scheduled to visit Tallahassee on Sunday, Nov 1. She is scheduled to visit Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. Specific times and locations were not immediately released by the Biden campaign. Rev. R.B Holmes, the pastor of the […]
Campaign records maintained by the Leon County Supervisor of Elections show that the Our Kids First political committee, which is supporting the November 3rd Children’s Service Council initiative, received $35,000 in contributions from a Washington D.C based 501(c)4 group. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a 501(c)4 is a social welfare group and can […]
Over seven million registered voters in Florida have already cast their ballot as of Wednesday morning. This means statewide 65% of the likely total voter turnout has already been cast. In Leon County 58% of the projected vote is already in at the Supervisor of Elections’ Office. Republicans are turning out at a higher rate […]
At their meeting on Oct. 28, the City Commissioners unanimously approved a total of $2,000,000 in funding in support of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation applications for the Orange Avenue Affordable Housing Redevelopment project. The Orange Avenue Affordable Housing Redevelopment project aims to address needs in the South City community. The project will redevelop the […]
The Cascades Project, a development project at the edge of Cascades Park that started construction in January 2019, is moving forward. Though construction was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project is still on schedule and is expected to be one of Tallahassee’s largest economic development projects. The project is expected to create nearly 700 […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows there were 66 incidents reported during the week of October 19 – 25, 2020. The data indicates there were 42 property incidents and 24 violent incidents. Last week there were 50 property and 23 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD […]
The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 1,958 jobs in September. One year ago Leon County added 4,902 jobs. The unemployment in September was 4.9%. The unemployment last month (August) was 5.6%. One year ago the unemployment rate was 2.8% in September. The number of people working in September, 2020 decreased when compared […]
The City Commission voted on Wednesday, Oct. 28 to extend the permit deadline and construction start date for the 4Forty North development project. The developers of the project requested the extension because the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and delayed the receipt of loan approval from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The original timeline […]