This Saturday at 3:30 PM on ESPN the ‘Noles will square off with the Louisville Cardinals at Doak Campbell Stadium. Louisville is 2-1 with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Western Kentucky and a loss to Notre Dame. This will be the Cardinals’ first game on the road this season. The last time these two faced […]
BY Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A Republican lawmaker who helped Gov. Ron DeSantis deliver this spring on a key campaign promise to ban so-called sanctuary cities is non-committal about sponsoring legislation that would require businesses to check the immigration status of workers via the “E-Verify” system. Two months ago, Sen. […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida education czar Richard Corcoran bristles at being called a disrupter. He prefers the gentler label of “transformer,” a brand Corcoran burnished during his two-year tenure as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. As speaker, the Republican father of six pushed through a series […]
Each year the City of Tallahassee provides grants to local agencies that address priorities in the community. The City has $1,139,102 budgeted for 27 outside agencies in FY20, an increase over FY19’s $1,017,202. See full list below. The Community Human Services Partnership (CHSP) is a joint City/County funded process that awards approximately $2 million in […]
The Success Academy’s new leadership team, trained in trauma-informed care and certified in youth mental health, is helping struggling students who have fallen behind at more traditional schools catch up, fill in gaps in their education, and, well, succeed. In June, Jessica Lowe became the new principal the Success Academy At Ghazvini Learning Center, an […]
The City of Tallahassee after receiving public input, applying the minimum required criteria and speaking with property owners, has narrowed the list of potential locations for a new Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) headquarters to five properties. Those five properties are: Lake Bradford Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1815 Lake Bradford Road (City-owned) Current Tallahassee Police Department, […]
The City of Tallahassee has scheduled a workshop to discuss the ethics ordinance proposed by the Independent Ethics Board. The workshop is scheduled for October 28, 2019, 9:00 a.m. at City Hall. The proposed ordinance was finalized by the Ethics Board back in April, 2019. At times, supporters of the ordinance, including members of the […]
At the September 17th meeting, Leon County Commissioners voted to accept a status report on the Tallahassee-Leon County Bicentennial plan at their Sept. 16 meeting. The year-long Bicentennial celebration is planned for 2024 when Tallahassee and Leon County will both turn 200 years old. The status report noted that the Bicentennial is “an opportunity to […]
After receiving a Leon County staff report on Leon County’s Adult Civil Citation (ACC) program and recent marijuana reform efforts at its September 17th meeting, the Leon County Commission voted 4-3 to create a draft civil citation ordinance for marijuana possession. County Commissioners Bill Proctor, Nick Maddox, Kristin Dozier, and Rick Minor voted to direct […]
The Village Square is set to kick off their latest season of events on Tuesday, October 1st. The newest season, titled “The Year of Living Locally”, seeks to direct some of our attention away from the perplexities of Capitol Hill, and towards our neighbors. The upcoming season is all about local communities, and what we […]