On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the City Commissioners approved the adoption of a new lobbying contract that will combine both federal and state lobbying services, as opposed to the current model that maintains separation between the two levels of government. The annual fiscal impact of the contract will be $50,000. Five years ago the city was […]
Reports from the Florida Department of Revenue (FDOR) show the impact of the COVID-19 mitigation efforts on restaurant sales across Florida. The statewide impacts were comparable to the revenue losses experienced by restaurant establishments in Leon County. Florida restaurant taxable sales fell 37% in April and 53% in May when compared to same months in […]
Tallahassee Reports recently interviewed attorney Jon Moyle, an advocate for the creation of a Children Services Council. The purpose of the interview was to document the rationale for a CSC in Leon County from an advocate’s perspective and to get answers to several questions posed by critics of the initiative. A CSC is an independent, […]
By Jordan Kirkland, The Capitolist With less than three weeks until the election, the battle to stop Ballot Amendment 2 continued on Tuesday, with a new ad pointing to the dangers of a $15 minimum wage being released by Save Florida Jobs. The 18-second ad released by the political committee cuts straight to the ballot […]
The results of a Tallahassee Bar Association (TBA) poll shows that judicial candidate Amanda Wall received the highest percentage of qualified responses when compared to her competitors. The poll asks members of the TBA to rate the candidates in two categories – legal ability and temperament. Wall received a 96% qualified rating for legal ability […]
This Saturday at 7:30 PM on ABC Florida State will host the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Tar Heels, ranked number 5, are 3-0 with wins over Syracuse, Boston College and Virginia Tech. FSU is 15-3-1 against North Carolina all time, but have lost the last two games in the series. UNC defeated the Seminoles […]
There are a lot of student-athletes in Leon County that fit the criteria of a high school playmaker. Here are three of Leon County’s best playmakers. First, we have Brooke Lent. Lent is a member of Chile’s high school’s volleyball team and is the 68th ranked right hitter in Florida. Lent currently is tied for […]
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House speaker on Tuesday called into question the state’s COVID-19 death toll, warning that it was based on compromised data and used a methodology that inflated death rates. Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, sent a memo Tuesday to all House members announcing the […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A North Florida Senate district controlled by Democrats for decades is in the crosshairs of incoming Senate President Wilton Simpson, a Republican who is pouring money into a contest that has surprisingly become one of the most contentious legislative races in the November elections. Rep. […]
Florida House candidate Allison Tant appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart on Sept. 29. Tant, a Democrat, is running against Republican Jim Kallinger for the House District 9 seat. Tant formerly chaired the Florida Democratic Party. She is also a disability rights advocate, and she recently helped launch Independence Landing, […]