By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of ignoring the Florida Constitution, a Leon County circuit judge on Monday sided with teachers unions that challenged a state order mandating that schools resume in-person instruction this month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Florida Education Association and the union representing Orange […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With more than 150,000 Florida children already in their desks, the state and teachers unions squared off Friday in a legal battle over Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran’s mandate that local school officials resume in-person instruction this month amid the coronavirus pandemic. Leon County Circuit Judge […]
The Leon County 7-day average COVID positivity rate fell below 5 percent based on numbers reported on Saturday. The rate fell further after Sunday’s numbers. The chart below shows the daily positivity rate and the 7-day average since July 5. Over the last two days, results for over 6,000 tests have yielded a positivity rate […]
Nikki Fried recently appeared on CNN and blamed President Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis for COVID-19 related deaths in Florida. Fried, in a Twitter post attached to the interview, wrote that Florida had more people die than Germany during the COVID pandemic and that there would be “an electoral reckoning on November 3.” The […]
Looking at daily trends related to COVID-19 in Florida shows that all indicators have been trending down for at least a week. Data released by the Florida Department of Health on August 22 shows: The seven-day average of daily new cases is now at 3,994. This is down from the peak of 11,870 on July […]
The latest COVID information show that the number of news cases in Leon County is trending downward. On July 19th we reported that new cases began to trend down from a 7-day average peak of 123 on July 6th. Then on August 5th we reported that the trend of new cases had flattened. The chart […]
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida education officials have outlined how local school officials should respond when students or employees test positive for the coronavirus, providing more details on what has been a top concern amid school reopenings. At the heart of the guidelines is a “coronavirus symptomatic decision tree” […]
Blueprint and the City of Tallahassee have asked the public to provide feedback on what amenities should be included in the park created by the Market District Multi-Purpose Stormwater Project. The Market District Multi-Purpose Stormwater Project is run by the City and Blueprint. The project aims to improve the quality of water that enters Lake […]
From August 2 to August 15 Florida State University conducted 3,222 tests for COVID-19 and 1.46% of the tests came back positive. FSU reported that the positive results included 42 students and five employees. The 7-day average COVID positivity rate in Leon County is approximately 5.8% and for Florida the latest 7-day average positivity rate […]
With all precincts reporting, but still unofficial, Carolyn Cummings has 30.91% of the vote and Kelly Otte is in second place with 20.14% edging out Jeff Hendry with 19.03%. It the results hold, Cummings and Otte will face-off in November.