Florida A&M University will be banned next year from post-season play in major sports, will have records vacated for a dozen teams and will face financial penalties and scholarship reductions, after an NCAA panel found the school “lacked institutional control” and did not properly certify the academic eligibility of athletes. Florida A&M and the NCAA […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With a shock of white hair, a trademark bow tie and a soft, Southern drawl, Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte was a legal icon who influenced decades of Florida governance and was described Tuesday as a “force of nature.” D’Alemberte, who died suddenly Monday at age 85, […]
Photo credit: Jeff Romance Florida State Seminoles Baseball Florida State baseball starts the postseason today at 3 PM versus Wake Forest at the ACC Tournament in Durham. The game will be broadcasted on RSN and ACC Network Extra. With the other teams on the bubble struggling so much last weekend I feel that it is […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers this month approved a controversial bill that is expected to make it harder to put citizens’ initiatives on the ballot. The bill (HB 5) would place additional restrictions on gathering the hundreds of thousands of petition signatures needed to reach the ballot. For […]
Super attorney John Morgan went after former gubernatorial candidate and Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum on twitter today over Gillum’s decision to keep approximately $3.5 million in campaign funds rather than spend it in an effort to defeat Ron DeSantis in last years Florida governor’s race. At 9:31 am, Morgan began a series of tweets: .@AndrewGillum […]
At their last meeting, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted to schedule the first and only public hearing for June 18, 2019, to consider the adoption of an ordinance providing for a Code of Ethics. After conducting meetings and public hearings, the Citizen Charter Review Committee (“CCRC”) recommended amending the Charter to […]
Today, the Tallahassee City Commission will considers changes to StarMetro operations in an effort to improve timeliness. StarMetro management reports that since bus routes were changed from a centralized “hub-and-spoke” model to a decentralized, grid-like system in 2011, on-time performance has decreased. StarMetro’s bus service is currently on-time 79 percent of all instances, multiple points below the […]
By John Haughey, The Center Square Gov. Ron DeSantis went into Friday’s meeting with the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security [DHS] hoping to learn – and publicly divulge – which Florida county Special Counsel Robert Mueller was referring to in his report as being breached by Russian agents before the 2016 election. […]
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday touted Florida’s higher-education system after it was named best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, citing relatively low amounts of debt when students graduate and a “worthwhile education” they receive. “Our colleges and universities have prioritized affordability […]
By The News Service of Florida David Coburn, who served as chief of staff under two House speakers and a Senate president before moving to Florida State University, was named Friday as the university’s athletics director. Coburn has served as interim athletics director since August, when Stan Wilcox resigned from the position. Before becoming athletics […]