According to Jimmy Vielkind and Deanna Paul of the WSJ, Democrat leaders of New York state legislature are questioning Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo’s ability to remain in his position between allegations of personal workplace harassment and federal reports about his administration reducing COVID-19 death tallies from nursing homes. While some Democrats such as Senate Majority […]
TR’s weekly report (March 1 – March 7) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s February 28th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending March 7th, shows decreases in new cases, the positivity rate and hospitalizations. Since the middle to the end of January 2021, […]
At Tuesday’s Leon County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners received a status report on the 2020 Annual Supervised Pretrial Release Program Report and authorized staff to submit the report to the Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller for Leon County. The Supervised Pretrial Release Program Report is required by Florida Statutes, Section 907.43, […]
At the March 9 meeting, the County Commissioners voted to approve funding for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) project, which is an information sharing center. The estimated $2.5 million project will be equally distributed between the County, City and FSU as part of the FY 2022 budget process. Beginning in […]
Last week, University of South Florida epidemiology professor Jason Salemi published a Twitter thread responding to several questions about COVID-19 data in Florida. Salemi, who has a Ph.D. in epidemiology, developed his own COVID tracking dashboard. The Florida Department of Health’s COVID dashboard has been under scrutiny throughout the pandemic due to concerns that Florida’s […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s online unemployment system was never tested to meet the demands encountered during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than a dozen issues remained outstanding years after the system went live, according to a report released Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office. The 95-page draft report […]
What began as a summit hosted by Whole Child Leon County in early 2019 has become a coalition of community leaders and advocates known as Equity Tallahassee Leon — a group committed to starting the difficult conversations surrounding implicit bias and racism in Leon County. Courtney Atkins, the Executive Director of Whole Child Leon, says […]
While Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried was taking steps to influence Florida cannabis policy and implement rules that regulate the cultivation of hemp, her fiancee’, Jake Bergmann, created a web of companies with people and organizations that have a professional interest in the cannabis and the hemp industry. Several of the people involved with the businesses […]
After nine members were appointed to the Tallahassee Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB), the City Commissioners voted to appoint Commissioner Curtis Richardson’s nominee Rashad Mujahid as the CPRB’s first chairperson on Jan. 27. Mujahid spoke to Tallahassee Reports about his hopes for the CPRB as well as why he thinks the board is important for […]
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis gave his State of the State address Tuesday to formally start the 2021 legislative session. Here are his remarks, as prepared for delivery: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the House and Senate and fellow citizens: I see, in many parts of our country, a sad state of affairs: schools […]