At its Dec. 10 meeting, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency board authorized negotiating an agreement with MGT of America to update the Disparity Study of the City of Tallahassee, Leon County Government and Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency. The updated study is intended to strengthen the legal defensibility of the MWSBE Program, which aims to increase business and […]
At its last meeting on Dec. 10, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board approved resolutions and other documents for $10.055 million in bank loan financing to make repairs and improvements to FAMU’s Bragg Memorial Stadium. Staff reports that Bragg Memorial Stadium is in need of structural repairs before it can be fully used. The 2020-2021 FAMU […]
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is one of the Florida hospitals selected to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. TMH expects to receive an allotment of 5,600 vaccines on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. A plan is already in place based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for vaccine distribution and the Florida Department of […]
By Jim Saunders, Dara Kam The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A fired Florida Department of Health data analyst who contends Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has manipulated COVID-19 statistics filed a lawsuit Sunday alleging state law-enforcement agents violated her rights when they searched her home and hauled away computer equipment. Attorneys for Rebekah Jones, […]
TR’s weekly report (December 13 – December 20) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s December 13th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending December 20th, shows a decrease in cases and positivity rate and an increase in hospitalizations. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day average […]
City Commissioner Jack Porter said that her office will continue to strive for nonpartisan governance though her recently hired aide, Kristellys Estanga, has ties with several progressive politicians, including Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Gillum. Estanga told TR that she is committed to transitioning from partisan to nonpartisan governance. Estanga was born in Venezuela and grew […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 22.7% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 216 single-family home resales in November 2019 and 265 resales in November 2020. Last month there were 313 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in November 2020 increased […]
After new City and County Commissioners were elected in November, there are three new aides who will help them navigate the local government bureaucracy. They are Kyle Frost, Chauncy E. Haynes and Kristellys Estanga. Kyle Frost is County Commissioner Brian Welch’s aide. Frost also serves on the Killearn Lakes Homeowners Association board and the Big […]
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Darius Lee Allen, 26, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months’ imprisonment for assaulting a United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier with a firearm. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the sentence. As part of his official duties, a USPS mail carrier was […]
Florida lawmakers will consider legislation to protect state universities and research institutions from interference by China, state House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, said Tuesday. In a tweet, Sprowls said the legislation will come as part of efforts by the House Select Committee on the Integrity of Research Institutions, which was set up by former […]