Joined by various individuals and groups on Wednesday, Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow announced his opposition to a proposed property tax and the creation of a Children Services Council in Leon County. The proposal is on the November ballot. During his opening remarks, Matlow stated “We come together today to announce a coalition- of all […]
At their Sept. 29 meeting, the Leon County Commissioners approved enhancements to the Leon CARES Expenditure Plan, which includes updates to the Leon CARES Individual Assistance and Small Business Assistance programs. The assistance programs are set to provide COVID-19 testing, food insecurity programs, childcare assistance, homelessness support, emergency mental health services, small business assistance, human […]
This past weekend, StarMetro, the City of Tallahassee’s public transportation department, welcomed a new electronic farebox to their transportation system, Genfare. Genfare is a state-of-the-art fare collection system that has been known to streamline and enhance the payment options for public transportation constituents. This implementation is a part of the City of Tallahassee’s 2024 Strategic […]
On Thursday, Sept. 24, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) conducted a board meeting to discuss implementing an affordable housing initiative in the Greater Frenchtown Southside (GFS) District. The CRA Board green-lit the plan earlier this year and are now focused on approving contractors to carry out the designs. The plan to construct affordable housing […]
Last week, Florida State University announced new guidelines for students and fans attending home football games after receiving backlash from the season opener against Georgia Tech where many fans were seen not wearing masks or properly social distancing. _____________________ COVID Zip Code Report for Week Ending September 26_________________ The new policies that will be enforced […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Two state Republican leaders added their voices Monday in opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would gradually boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour in Florida. Republican Party of Florida Chairman Joe Gruters, a state senator from Sarasota, and incoming House Speaker Chris […]
Meeting Update At their Sept. 29 meeting, the Leon County Commissioners voted 5-2 to maintain Phase 2 of Leon County’s reopening plan and allow fall youth sports. Commissioners Mary Ann Lindley and Bill Proctor dissented. The vote comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order pushing the state into Phase 3 last Friday. […]
In a 30 page order dated September 21st – based on an administrative hearing held July 27th and 28th – Florida Administrative Law Judge Gary Early recommended that a complaint filed against Leon County Schools Principal David Solz be “dismissed in its entirety.” After Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna issued Mr. Solz a letter […]
The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a six week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Observations: Zip code 32304 was the only zip code to report over 100 cases for the week. All ten zip codes show less cases than last week. Six of the ten zip codes show […]
TR’s weekly report (September 21-27th) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates shows declines in all three categories. TR’s September 20th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases declined from 130 on September 20th to 78 cases on September 27th, a 40% drop. […]