On August 20, 2019 Leon County Schools provided the minutes of three meetings requested last week by Tallahassee Reports. The response, fulfilled by LCS Assistant Superintendent Michele Gale, amounted to two paragraphs for each meeting which lasted up to three-hours. The minutes provided by LCS contained only time, location and a list of attendees. The lack […]
The Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates (NEBA) will hold their monthly membership meeting on Tuesday, August 27, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm at the Capital City Country Club. The speaker will be Dr. Neal Dunn, who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Florida, which includes 19 counties in North Florida stretching from Panama City Beach to Ocala, […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — In a final pitch to a Senate special master, former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel’s lawyer is insisting that the suspended law enforcement officer wasn’t to blame for two deadly mass shootings that led to his ouster by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year. The […]
By Veronique George, FAMU News Representatives from Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which represents more than 450 University Support Personnel System (USPS) employees, have agreed to put their impasse hearing on hold and return to the bargaining table on September 9, 2019. At the September 9 session, the parties will negotiate over the union’s proposal for a $2,500 raise to […]
By David Heller, FSU News The Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts has jumped six spots to No. 13 in national rankings compiled by one of the entertainment industry’s top publications. Among public universities, FSU ranked No. 4. In its annual list of Top 25 American film schools, The Hollywood Reporter highlighted the […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida House Democrats say they’ve rounded up more than enough support to require votes from both Republican-dominated chambers of the Legislature to determine if there is any appetite for a special session dealing with gun violence. But such an effort may be futile, as Republican […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the Leon County School Board Agenda Review/Workshop meetings – regularly conducted on the Monday ahead of the LCSB business meetings – appear to be in violation of Florida’s open government Sunshine Law by failing to record minutes of the meetings. At these meetings Leon County School Board members review and […]
Leon County School Board (LCSB) meeting materials show that a “Transportation Department Updates” item, which included a thirty-one page report on proposed changes to the LCS bus system, was scheduled to be addressed at the May 14th, 2019 meeting of the LCS School Board. However, the “Transportation Department Updates” item was never discussed. A May […]
By Christine Sexton, The News Service of Florida DOH Deputy Secretary for Operations Michele Tallent is on administrative leave. She’s the subject of an internal investigation, state officials confirmed to The News Service of Florida Thursday night. Tallent has filled a variety of roles at the department, including helping to hold down the fort in […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county decreased 10.8% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 334 single-family home resales in July 2018 and 298 resales in July 2019. Last month there were 366 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in July 2019 increased 6.3% […]