By The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The 2024 legislative session ended Friday with an annual hanky-drop ceremony in the rotunda between the House and Senate chambers. Here are snapshots of 10 big issues from the session: — BUDGET: Lawmakers passed a $117.46 billion budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, which will start July […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS The longstanding tradition of local elected officials remaining publicly “neutral” in elections that involve colleagues recently fell victim over the battle for control of the city commission. This cycle will be no different. After more than 3 […]
The longstanding tradition of local elected officials remaining publicly “neutral” in elections that involve colleagues has fallen victim to the battle for control of the city commission between the progressive movement in Tallahassee and traditional Democrats in recent election cycles. This cycle will be no different. With the city commission stuck in 3-2 split on […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House late Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would make a series of changes in state energy laws, including preventing offshore wind-energy generation and removing references to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The House voted 81-29 to pass the bill (HB 1645), […]
President Joe Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address tonight, a speech that comes against the backdrop of the ongoing influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border, the US role in the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas wars, delays in the passage of a federal budget, and more. Biden is expected to tout positive US economic […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS City Commissioner Jack Porter will not reveal who paid for certain travel expenses for her to attend conferences in 2023 sponsored by Local Progress, a far-left progressive group that encourages locally elected officials to promote certain policy […]
Provided below are the Tallahassee City Commission meeting briefs from the March 6, 2024 meeting. The City Commission voted to approve a settlement in a personal injury matter involving Jennifer Marks against the City of Tallahassee. The matter was negotiated through a mediation with Plaintiff’s attorney, Craig Richards, and the City Attorney’s Office in which […]
City Commissioner Jack Porter will not reveal who paid for certain travel expenses for her to attend conferences in 2023 sponsored by Local Progress, a far-left progressive group that encourages locally elected officials to promote certain policy positions. We know that taxpayers paid for some expenses, but other expenses were not submitted for reimbursement. So […]
By 1440 News Voters in 15 states and the US territory of American Samoa headed to the polls yesterday on what is known as Super Tuesday, the single biggest day of primary voting in the presidential election cycle. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won almost every race, continuing on their trajectory toward becoming the 2024 […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Two months into 2024, the number of crime incidents reported by the Tallahassee Police Department is down when compared to 2023. However, fatal shootings are up. A Tallahassee man convicted in a deadly home invasion has just been sentenced […]