State Transportation Group, Chaired by Leon County Commissioner Nick Maddox, Endorses Legislative Priorities

State Transportation Group, Chaired by Leon County Commissioner Nick Maddox, Endorses Legislative Priorities

The Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council (MPOAC) is a statewide transportation planning and policy organization created by the Florida Legislature pursuant to Section 339.175(11), Florida Statutes. Why this group is important: The MPOAC assists local transportation planning organizations in carrying out the urbanized area transportation planning process by serving as the principal forum for collective policy discussion. […]

Traffic Analysis Crucial to Northeast Gateway Debate

Traffic Analysis Crucial to Northeast Gateway Debate

After a kick-off meeting by Blueprint officials and another meeting with the Killearn Homeowners Association (KHA), it is clear that the debate over the Northeast Gateway will hinge on the findings of a traffic analysis. Killearn Estates Concerns: Ahead of the kick-off meeting, the KHA Board voted to oppose Phase I of the project which connects […]

Suburban Salon Celebrating 60 Years in Capitol Plaza

Suburban Salon Celebrating 60 Years in Capitol Plaza

Things change. And sometimes they don’t. For the last 60 years the patrons of the Capitol Plaza shopping center have seen businesses come and go. However, Suburban Salon has remained. The Capitol Plaza, currently home to a number of thriving businesses, was developed by Louis Gibbs and home to Setzer’s Supermarket and W. T. Grant […]

Visit Florida Among House, Senate Budget Divides

Visit Florida Among House, Senate Budget Divides

TALLAHASSEE — The tourism industry pushed Wednesday to keep the doors open at the state’s tourism-marketing agency as House and Senate budget committees advanced competing spending plans for next year. The House wants to fund Visit Florida only through Oct. 1, when the agency will be eliminated unless it is reauthorized by the Legislature. That […]

Going Back to Cali

Going Back to Cali

After surviving Vermont’s three point barrage and pummeling Murray State, the Seminoles are onto the Sweet 16 for the second year in a row. And for back-to-back seasons, they will be playing the Gonzaga Bulldogs in Southern California, this time in Anaheim. Hopefully for Florida State’s sake it will be the same outcome as last […]

Report: Over 33% of Leon County Home School Students Out of Compliance for One or More Years

Report: Over 33% of Leon County Home School Students Out of Compliance for One or More Years

Information obtained by Tallahassee Reports shows that over 33% of Leon County’s 2,346 students enrolled in home school have failed to comply with home school annual evaluation requirements. Some of the students have been out of compliance for one or more years.  An audit just completed by Leon County Schools also found that these students […]

City to Consider High Bidder for Technology Contract

City to Consider High Bidder for Technology Contract

City staff is recommending that the Tallahassee City Commission award a technology contract to a company that was one of the highest bidders of the five companies that provided proposals. The company, HighStreet IT Solutions, who submitted a price of $2.74 million with their proposal, edged out the second place company, HTC Global Services on […]

Bryan Desloge on Northeast Gateway: “Nothing is Set in Stone.”

Bryan Desloge on Northeast Gateway: “Nothing is Set in Stone.”

About 25 people showed up to a Killearn Homeowners Association (KHA) meeting on Tuesday that featured a visit from Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge and officials from the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency. The topic of discussion was the Northeast Gateway. The Northeast Gateway project, which formally began with a kick-off meeting a couple of weeks ago […]

Restitution Key Issue in Amendment 4 Debate

Restitution Key Issue in Amendment 4 Debate

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Karen Leicht spent nearly three years in federal prison and three months on probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit insurance fraud in 2010. According to a judge and a former probation officer, Leicht’s sentence is over. But the Miami paralegal may never be […]