By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida legislators and local education officials are trying to pinpoint what happened to nearly 90,000 “missing” public school students, as public school enrollment estimates have dropped amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A mid-school-year estimate by state economists projects that 87,811 fewer students have enrolled in public […]
TR’s weekly report (January 24– January 31) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s January 24th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending January 31th, shows decreases in new cases and the positivity rate. The 7-day average hospitalization numbers remained unchanged when compared to last […]
Earlier this month, deputies from the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) voted to form a union for collective bargaining. Florida sheriff’s deputies have had the right to form unions for collective bargaining since 2003, and this is the first time that LCSO has approached creating a union. Matt Puckett, executive director of the Florida Police […]
During their Jan. 27 meeting, the Tallahassee City Commissioners unanimously approved authorizing staff to negotiate a contract with Culpepper/One Day Came, a joint venture, for a new senior center. City staff used the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) approach in which a project must be executed within a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), staff ranked Culpepper/One […]
After a discussion about process and the qualifications of one candidate, the Leon County Commission settled on 15 names to send to Governor Ron DeSantis for the Children’s Services Council Board. Based on a process set earlier, each of the seven county commissioners had two picks from the pool of 83 applicants. The fifteenth selection […]
At the end of Wednesday’s City Commission meeting, Mayor John Dailey commented on the issue of homelessness in Tallahassee, which has been spotlighted recently due to controversy surrounding a temporary homeless shelter on Mahan Drive. “We are at a crisis situation in this community, and we must address what is going on with those that […]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Leon County has been working alongside the Florida Department of Health in Leon County to engage, educate and protect the community through effective public health messaging. At their Jan. 26 meeting, the Leon County Commissioners voted to launch a public health communications plan that will target minority […]
The City Commissioners appointed nine members to the new Citizens Police Review Board at their meeting on Jan. 27. The City Commissioners voted to establish the CPRB in June 2020 after nationwide protests against police brutality. In Tallahassee, there were three fatal officer-involved shootings in 2020. The goal of the CPRB is to build a more […]
By Jim Saunders, Tom Urban The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Ray Rodrigues says the bill is about making sure workers have the final say about money they have earned. Critics say it is about “union busting.” But a Senate committee Wednesday approved a bill that could lead to a battle during the […]
During their Jan. 26 meeting, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners approved the Leon County Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The Board accepted approximately $8.9 million in federal funding to establish the program intended “to assist low-income households that are unable to pay rent and utilities” due to the COVID-19 crisis. According to the agenda […]