The Leon County Division of Tourism (Visit Tallahassee) announced that tourism had a record-breaking $1 billion economic impact on the Leon county economy in fiscal year 2019. The $1 billion impact is an estimated 14% increase over the financial impact in 2018. The announcement was made during the annual marketing industry meeting recently held at Bannerman […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were 57 incidents reported during the week of December 11th-17th. The data indicates there were 48 property incidents and 9 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD defined quadrants – shows that the Northwest quadrant of Tallahassee led the […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Voters will decide in November whether to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, after the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously approved a ballot proposal. The proposed constitutional amendment, spearheaded by Orlando attorney John Morgan, had received enough petition signatures to […]
UPDATE Last night Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey issued a response – through his twitter account – to the recent decision by Anontio Gillum to rescind his acceptance of the police chief job. I’m disappointed that Antonio Gilliam has decided not to come to Tallahassee as our next police chief. I’m proud of the offer we […]
By Keith Miles, FAMU Forward On Thursday, November 21, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) notified Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s (FAMU) College of Education it now ranks number one across the state for elementary education programs in the Elementary/English as a Second Language (ESOL) endorsement and the reading endorsement among its peer groups. FAMU’s […]
On December 12th, Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Vice President Jay Revell appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart. Revell and Stewart discussed the Chamber’s rcent position statement in support of exploring an Independent Airport Authority, the Blueprint Gateway project, and Tallahassee’s current business climate. The interview aired on WVFT 93.3 […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As a three-year legal battle continues over the issue, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran wants the Florida High School Athletic Association to reconsider policies that prevented Christian schools from offering a prayer over the stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 state championship football game. Corcoran sent a […]
The City of Tallahassee’s Independent Ethics Officer, Julie Meadows-Keefe, has been embroiled in controversy since taking the position years ago. More recently, calls for her to be replaced and a lawsuit filed by Meadows-Keefe against the City of Tallahassee, has raised the profile of the controversy. At a recent Board meeting, Tallahassee businessman Barney Bishop […]
The Tallahassee Independent Ethics Board selected Keith Powell as the Boards new Ethics Officer at their December 16th meeting held at City Hall. The current Ethics Officer, Julie Meadows-Keefe, is slated to leave the position in February, 2020. The selection process has been embroiled with controversy related to public criticism of the current ethics officer […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased 18.0% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 183 single-family home resales in November 2018 and 216 resales in November 2019. Last month there were 251 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in November 2019 decreased 4.9% […]