The latest jobs report shows that there were 154,547 people working in Leon County in August, which is 1,266 more than last month’s revised employment number. The August unemployment rate came in at 2.8%, down from the 3.0% reported last month. One year ago, the August 2021 unemployment rate was 4.3%. In August, 2019 the […]
This Saturday at 3:30 pm the Seminoles will host the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on ABC. Wake is 3-1 on the season with wins over Virginia Military Institute, Vanderbilt and Liberty and the lone loss to Clemson. FSU has a 30-8-1 all time record versus the Deacons. Wake has won the last two meetings with […]
Progressive Leader Calls Police Chief and Police Officers Murderers At last Wednesday’s city commission meeting – during the time allocated for public speakers – Delilah Pierre took the opportunity to address elected officials with a 3-mintue commentary which contained objectional language and comments referring to Police Chief Lawrence Revell and TPD officers as murderers. Pierre […]
A Florida Democratic campaign committee has taken the first shot in the race for Florida Senate District 3 that pits incumbent Loranne Ausley against challenger Corey Simon. A campaign mailer that contends Simon will turn “our schools into shooting ranges” began hitting mailboxes this past week. The post card – as shown below – contains […]
Keldri Young of Florida State University High School, Ally Doughty of Chiles High School and Ashlyn Koerner of Lincoln High School have been named TR’s Leon County High School Volleyball Players of the Week for week five of the season, ending September 23rd. The awards are based on an analysis of statistics provided to MaxPreps – the […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — State regulators Friday asked a judge to place a property-insurance company in receivership, making it the sixth Florida property insurer declared insolvent this year amid widespread financial problems in the industry. The Florida Department of Financial Services sought to be appointed receiver for FedNat Insurance […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that August 2022 passenger traffic was 65,662. August traffic increased 11.3% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up 6,683 from the 58,979 reported during August 2021. However, traffic was down 7.4% or 5,275 passengers when compared to the pre-COVID passenger […]
While the national unemployment rate increased to 3.7% in August, Florida’s remained the lowest of the country’s 10 largest states at 2.7%, according to the latest jobs numbers reported by the state Department of Economic Opportunity. Florida’s unemployment rate has been lower than the national rate for 21 consecutive months, since December 2020. For 25 […]
Below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting that took place on September 21, 2022. –The City Commission approved several consent items related to improvements at the Tallahassee International Airport. Other consent items included maintenance agreements for murals on the Bronough-Duval Overpass located over the Lake Anita Plaza and approving a resolution […]
By The News Service of Florida The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Florida was $3.38 on Monday, the lowest price since January, according to the AAA auto club. The average price was down from $3.41 a week earlier and $3.61 a month earlier. Florida hit a record high of $4.89 […]