At the most recent budget workshop, the City Commission voted to move forward with funds for sidewalk projects. The funds for FY2020 include $1 million in maintenance and $1.6 million in a “New Sidewalk Program.” To ensure that resources are allocated effectively and efficiently, a sidewalk prioritization method was created and approved by the Commission […]
Leon County School (LCS) board members, during the July 9th LCS Board Meeting, unanimously approved the appointment of David Solz as the new Astoria Park Elementary School principal, despite an ongoing investigation by the Florida Department of Education (DOE) into events that led to his dismissal as Gilchrist Elementary School principal less than a year […]
Andrew Gillum could not resist. In response to a tweet by attorney John Morgan, Gillum replied with some harsh language. Gillum tweeted: “I don’t live on your plantation and I don’t take advice from Trump impersonators & DeSantis suck ups.” The back and forth began Sunday morning when John Morgan tweeted out a link of […]
By Dave Heller, FSU News Florida State University embarked on a mission to harness the brain power of some of the community’s brightest people and teach them new skills to tackle the persistent problem of homelessness. Florida State faculty members led an effort at the FSU Innovation Hub to show local business, government and education […]
By John Haughey | The Center Square Florida lawmakers passed a state law banning “sanctuary cities” during their 2019 session knowing the controversial measure would invite lawsuits. The South Miami City Commission took the first step in obliging that anticipation, unanimously agreeing during a special Tuesday night meeting to hire an attorney to initiate what […]
According to campaign filings with the Florida Department of State, last month Andrew Gillum transferred $500,000 from his political committee, Forward Florida, to a non-profit he runs called Forward Florida Action. The non-profit was created by Gillum earlier this year with the mission to register and re-engage 1 million Democratic voters by the 2020 election. […]
Current District 4 Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge and challenger Brian Welch have started raising money ahead of the 2020 election. Campaign reports filed this month, for campaign activity through the end of June, show that Desloge raised $68,715 from 331 donations. Welch reported donations of $20,310 from 108 donations. Donations are limited to $250 […]
The Florida Department of Education release of 2019 school grades show that for the fourth year in a row Leon County Schools earned a B. From a state-wide perspective, the 2019 data shows that 24 districts received an A, 30 districts received a B, and 13 districts earned a C. Overall, across all LCS grade […]
Based on financial disclosure forms filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics, the net worth of Nikki Fried -Florida’s recently elected Agriculture Commissioner – increased by $1,129,950 in one year. Fried’s net worth increased from $271,613, reported on June 18, 2018, to $1,401,563, reported on June 24, 2019. This is a 416% increase. Fried officially […]
The Florida Department of Education has released the 2019 FSA scores for each school. Listed below are the results of the FSA English and FSA Math tests for Leon county’s middle schools. The source of the data is the FDOE website. The two tables below shows the FSA English and FSA Math scores for Leon […]