CDC Releases Updated COVID-19 Fatality Rate Data

CDC Releases Updated COVID-19 Fatality Rate Data

The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has released an update to their research on the fatality rate associated with COVID-19. The CDC first posted this data on May 20, 2020, with the understanding that the parameter values would be updated and augmented over time. This update, dated September 10th, is based on data received […]

FSU Preview – Florida State versus Miami

FSU Preview – Florida State versus Miami

Today at 7:30 on ABC Florida State will take on the Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium. The Seminoles are 30-34 against the Hurricanes all time. The last time FSU got a win against the Hurricanes was in 2016, 20-19, when Demarcus Walker blocked potential game-tying PAT. Miami has since won 3 straight including a […]

DeSantis Lifts COVID-19 Business Restrictions

DeSantis Lifts COVID-19 Business Restrictions

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted state COVID-19 business restrictions Friday, including limits on the numbers of people who can dine in restaurants, while also prohibiting local governments from closing restaurants and collecting fines from people who don’t wear face masks in public. DeSantis said the move […]

DeSantis Takes Aim at Local Restaurant Restrictions

DeSantis Takes Aim at Local Restaurant Restrictions

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prohibit local governments from being able to close restaurants and bars, as some locals did to slow the spread of COVID-19 earlier this year. DeSantis, appearing ready to ease state restrictions that place a 50 percent indoor occupancy limit on […]

Vote-By-Mail Ballots Set to Go Out

Vote-By-Mail Ballots Set to Go Out

By The News Service of Florida Potentially millions of ballots could hit the mail starting Thursday for the Nov. 3 general election in Florida. County supervisors of elections are required to send out their first big batches of vote-by-mail ballots between Thursday and Oct. 1. Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer said in a […]

City Commission Tables Emergency Ordinance Prohibiting Large Gatherings

City Commission Tables Emergency Ordinance Prohibiting Large Gatherings

At today’s City Commission meeting, Commissioners tabled a last-minute addition to the agenda related to options for mitigating COVID-19 spread caused by large outdoor gatherings. The agenda item was added by the Tallahassee Police Department. The decision comes after a recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Tallahassee as well as an increase in TPD calls […]

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey: “We Should Play”

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey: “We Should Play”

A week after the Leon County Commission voted 4-2 to keep parks closed to sporting events except for cross country, the City of Tallahassee is scheduled to take up a staff recommendation that would cancel city sponsored fall sports which include flag football and baseball. However, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey has stated that he will […]

Bloomberg Backs Felons Voting Effort

Bloomberg Backs Felons Voting Effort

By The New Service of Florida Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a former New York mayor and onetime Democratic presidential candidate, is the latest celebrity to join in the effort to help Florida felons pay outstanding legal financial obligations so they can register to vote in November. The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition has collected more than $20 […]

Superintendent Candidate Pam Hightower Appears on Above the Fold to Discuss Upcoming Election

Superintendent Candidate Pam Hightower Appears on Above the Fold to Discuss Upcoming Election

This past Tuesday, Leon County Superintendent candidate Dr. Pam Hightower appeared on Above the Fold, hosted by Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart. During the interview, Hightower discussed her professional background, top priorities and her opinion on incumbent Superintendent Rocky Hanna’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion began with Hightower recounting her experience in the […]

DeSantis Calls for Tougher Laws on Protesters

DeSantis Calls for Tougher Laws on Protesters

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Brandishing a law-and-order approach to civil unrest, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s incoming Republican House and Senate leaders rolled out a legislative package Monday aimed at cracking down on protesters by creating a host of new crimes, as the GOP tries to keep the battleground […]