Mark Earley, Leon County Supervisor of Elections, is encouraging all voters to Vote-by-Mail for the 2020 Primary and General Elections. Earley stated in a recent press release that his office is taking the COVID-19 emergency seriously and wants to adhere to the recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control for election polling. Earley said, […]
The latest employment information shows that Leon County lost 3,067 jobs in March. One year ago Leon County lost 24 jobs. The unemployment rate in March increased from 2.8% in February to 4.1%. One year ago the unemployment rate was 3.0%. Support Local Journalism by Signing Upfor a $50 TR Annual Subscription The number of […]
At their April 22nd meeting, the Tallahassee City Commission voted to provide financial relief for City of Tallahassee utility customers. The vote approved a one-time rate reduction that will keep $6.3 million in the hands of local residents and businesses at a time when the COVID-19 outbreak has put the brakes on the local economy. […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a move that would create a utility with customers from Miami to Pensacola, Florida Power & Light and Gulf Power plan to merge in 2022, their parent company, NextEra Energy, said Wednesday. NextEra, which has long included FPL, closed a deal in January 2019 […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county remained unchanged when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 252 single-family home resales in March 2019 and 254 resales in March 2020. Last month there were 218 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in March 2020 increased 8.2% […]
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that passenger traffic decreased 48.1% in March when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 73,055 in last March to 37,918 this year. The full impact of COVID-19 will not be evident until […]
By Jim Turner, Christine Sexton The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With hundreds of thousands of workers filing unemployment claims and businesses shuttered across the state, a task force created by Gov. Ron DeSantis began discussing ways Monday to revive the state’s economy from the coronavirus crisis. Officials from businesses such as Disney World, […]
On Monday the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity began to provide daily updates on their efforts to address Reemployment Assistance challenges. The State Reemployment Assistance Claims Dashboard is provided below. The information includes the total number of claims submitted, verified, processed, and paid. The Dashboard can be found here.
At their April 22 meeting, the City Commissioners voted to reject all bids for the sale of a property acquired as part of the Northwood Centre purchase. The property spans 1.68 acres and is located at 1851 N. MLK, Jr. Boulevard and 300 W. Tharpe Street. The City acquired the property in May 2019 as […]
At their April 22 meeting, the City Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a lease amendment for General Dynamics Land Systems, a military vehicle manufacturer. The amendment allows General Dynamics a reduced rent rate to amortize some of the cost of new equipment. According to the meeting agenda, the City currently leases a 90,932 square-foot building […]