At the the February 18th Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) meeting, elected officials will consider a staff recommendation to fully fund the Northeast Park through a planned bond issuance of $10 million within the FY 2022 – 2026 Capital Improvement Plan. An additional funding scenario, using only sales tax revenues, is also detailed for IA Board […]
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida Get ready for reefer madness on February 18th. That’s when members of the state’s two physician licensing boards begin working on the practice standards Florida-licensed physicians must follow when ordering smokable medical marijuana for their qualified patients. The Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida has posted its lowest weekly total of first-time unemployment claims since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, despite mounting issues confronting the travel industry. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 17,621 first-time jobless claims were filed in Florida during the week that […]
At Wednesday’s City Commission meeting, the commissioners discussed Tallahassee’s increasing homelessness problem. The issue has recently been spotlighted by the controversial opening of a temporary shelter on Mahan Drive run by City Walk Urban Mission. Multiple citizens made public comments on the Mahan shelter at the meeting, both supporting and opposing the shelter. Common concerns […]
After nine members were appointed to the City of Tallahassee Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB), the City Commissioners voted to appoint Rashad Mujahid as the CPRB’s first chairperson at their Feb. 10 meeting. Mujahid was Commissioner Curtis Richardson’s CPRB nominee and was appointed to the board on Jan. 27. Mujahid is from Jacksonville, Florida and […]
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE — Following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May and the ensuing summer of nationwide protests, the Florida Legislative Black Caucus is pushing a slew of bills for the 2021 legislative session that members say “promote fair and just” police reforms. […]
In July of 2020 Florida State University hired former Central Michigan athletics director Michael Alford to be the new Chief Executive Officer of Seminole Boosters. Before being the AD for Central Michigan, Alford was the general manager of Sports Marketing at the University of Alabama from 2004-2008, and was the senior director for corporate partnerships […]
Data from the Leon County Sheriff’s Office Booking Report show that arrests during the first month of 2021 when compared to the same period in 2020 are down approximately 39.2%. The data shows that there were 549 arrests in 2021 and 903 in 2020. This is a trend that began last year. Arrest comparisons for various […]
The Florida Department of Health in Leon County (DOH Leon) officially confirmed the identification of two cases of the COVID-19 variant that first originated in the United Kingdom. According to a press release, DOH Leon is considering cases of the variant as priorities, and epidemiologists are attempting to monitor close contacts of the individuals. There […]
By The News Service of Florida With members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus set to debut a slate of proposals to “support fair and just policing,” House Minority Co-leader Evan Jenne told reporters Monday “they are not trying to defund the police.” The Black caucus will hold a news conference Tuesday to roll out […]