City Commission Approves Budget Plan for Raises, $15 Minimum Wage
UPDATED At today’s budget workshop, City Commissioners unanimously approved of City staff’s plan to provide a $15/hour minimum wage for all permanent…
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CRA Approves $6.4 Million for Frenchtown Neighborhood First Plan
At the July 1, 2021 meeting, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board approved the Frenchtown Neighborhood First Plan. The approval authorized…
Tropical Storm Elsa Heading to Florida
Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to make landfall in Cuba and part of the Florida Keys before heading to mainland Florida. The…
SCOTUS Ruling Favors Florida’s Election Reforms
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a case that impacts Florida’s election reforms. The ruling supports a new…
CRA Approves $6.5 Million Grant for Frenchtown Development
On Thursday, the Community Redevelopment Association (CRA) approved the Frenchtown Quarters & Marketplace Community Benefit Agreement. The agreement will provide $6.5 million…
Transgender Athlete Ban Challenged
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A 13-year-old Broward County soccer player and her parents are challenging a…
LCS Approves $1.3 Million in Grants for Seven Low Performing Schools
During the June 29th Leon County School Board meeting, the Board approved the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant.…
LCS Approves $2.4 Million in School Safety Contracts
The Board approved the 2021-2022 School Resource Deputy Program Agreement with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) with a fiscal impact of…
LCS Meeting Briefs June 29, 2021
Listed below are notes from the June 29th Leon County School Board meeting. During the Tuesday evening Leon County School Board meeting…
Striplin Walks Out of School Board Meeting
UPDATE 7:56 School Board meeting is adjourned. UPDATE 7:53 DeeDee Rasmussen to the rescue…sort of. Rasmussen, due to a potential conflict, will…
Rosanne Wood Proposes Mask Policy for 2021-22 School Year
During the Leon County School’s agenda review meeting on Monday, Board member Rosanne Wood submitted a proposal for COVID-19 policies for the…
Washington Post Reporter Politicizes Florida Condo Collapse
Washington Post reporter Hannah Dreier posted a series of tweets over the weekend pushing a politicized perspective on the Surfside, Fl. condo…