By The News Service of Florida Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried intends to defy a call by Gov. Ron DeSantis to lower flags to half-staff to honor conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last week. Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, issued a statement Monday that she will direct offices within her Cabinet agency […]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on air travel. The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 62.0% in January when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 70,7077 during January 2020 to 26,653 this year. Last month passenger traffic was […]
The City Commission met Wednesday and voted to resume disconnecting utilities when payments are not made. The City will provide a 60-day notice before disconnecting. City staff will also work with utility customers to apply for U.S. Treasury utility and rent assistance funds and establish payment agreements with utility customers on a case-by-case basis. When […]
Three months ago, the Tallahassee Police Department arrested a man linked to a fatal hit-and-run that killed a Florida State University student. Now, TPD is aiming to increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists through education. “Leon County is one of the top 25 counties in the state for traffic crashes resulting in serious and fatal […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Contending the state needs to strengthen election integrity, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday proposed a series of changes in Florida’s voting process. DeSantis made the announcement three months after proclaiming that Florida had vanquished the “ghost” of the 2000 presidential recount and other well-documented election […]
TR’s weekly report (February 15 – February 21) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s February 14th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending February 21st, shows decreases in new cases, hospitalizations, and a positivity rate remaining below 5%. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 48.4% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 157 single-family home resales in January 2020 and 233 resales in January 2021. Last month there were 312 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in January 2020 increased […]
The Big Bend Chapter of the Florida PBA and the City of Tallahassee recently declared an impasse over contract negotiations. If an agreement is not reached, the two parties will go in front of arbitrator in the near future. In attempt to understand the stalemate, TR researched the negotiating process and sought answers to three […]
Data reported by Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration show that the current number of COVID patients in Leon County hospitals have decreased from 158 on January 25th to 12 on February 19th. Five days ago, on February 15th, there were 80 COVID hospitalizations in Leon County. The level of hospitalizations reported over the last two […]
At the February 18th Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) meeting, elected officials voted to accept a staff recommendation to fully fund the Northeast Park through a planned bond issuance of $10 million within the FY 2022 – 2026 Capital Improvement Plan. An additional funding scenario, using only sales tax revenues, was also detailed for IA Board […]