Polling Floridians on Immigration, Abortion and More

Polling Floridians on Immigration, Abortion and More

StPetePolls conducted a poll of 2,293 registered Florida voters from February 10 to February 11, 2020. The poll used the registered voter lists supplied by the state of Florida as of January 7th 2020. The sample of voters that were contacted included random samples of registered voters within the boundaries of the state of Florida. […]

Residential Resales Start 2020 on High Note

Residential Resales Start 2020 on High Note

Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased 15.4% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 136 single-family home resales in January 2019 and 157 resales in January 2020. Last month there were 284 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in January 2020 increased 10.2% […]

E-Verify Sponsor Says Change Makes “Mockery”

E-Verify Sponsor Says Change Makes “Mockery”

By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A key Republican lawmaker who is pushing to require all Florida employers to do federal immigration background checks on new hires said Tuesday his bill has become a “mockery” of what the proposal should be. Sen. Tom Lee, R-Thonotosassa, wants his proposal to require all […]

City Provides Update on Hurricane Recovery Costs and Reimbursements

City Provides Update on Hurricane Recovery Costs and Reimbursements

According to government documents, the City of Tallahassee has been reimbursed for $13.1 million in claims through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) program related to Hurricanes Hermine & Irma. The City requested approximately $18.3 million related to the two storms. Also, the City has requested $28.8 million in relief related to […]

Police Unity Tour Golf Tournament Scheduled for March 9th

Police Unity Tour Golf Tournament Scheduled for March 9th

The 13th annual Police Unity Tour Golf Tournament is scheduled for March 9th at the Golden Eagle Country Club. The Tallahassee Police Department has been participating in the Police Unity Tour for many years. The cost is $100 per person and includes green fees for 18 holes, cart fee, goody bag, lunch, and awards dinner. […]

College Athlete Pay Plan Will Not Include Revenue Sharing

College Athlete Pay Plan Will Not Include Revenue Sharing

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida college athletes won’t get revenue-sharing paydays when they leave campus, as lawmakers continue moving forward with efforts to allow off-field compensation for athletes. Before voting to back a controversial compensation bill (SB 646), members of the Senate Innovation, Industry and Technology Committee on Monday […]

Two Former LCS Principals to Face Professional Practices Panel

Two Former LCS Principals to Face Professional Practices Panel

Two former Leon County principals, Karwynn Paul and Marilyn Jackson-Rahming, are listed on the recently released State of Florida Education Practices Commission agenda scheduled for March 4, 2020 in Orlando. The hearing notice states that the assigned “Administrator Hearing Panel will take final agency action in matters dealing with the disciplining of administrators.” Paul, the […]

Tallahassee Airport Traffic Up 10.9% in January

Tallahassee Airport Traffic Up 10.9% in January

The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that passenger traffic increased in January by 10.9% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up from 63,146 during last January to 70,016 this year. The Passenger Traffic Report shows passenger counts increased for the three major carriers. American was up […]