By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Facing the possibility that Floridians could be asked next year to legalize recreational marijuana, a House panel on Tuesday turned to Oregon to learn more about the economic, environmental and health impacts the state has faced since authorizing adult pot use four years ago. Chris […]
Lisa Brown stood before the African Development Educators Program in Nairobi earlier this year as their very first woman graduation speaker. As she looked over the crowd of people who came from all over the continent to learn how to solve development issues like housing, hunger, transportation, education and women’s issues, she thought about home. […]
In a meeting on Monday, the Community Partners Committee refined the list of candidates for the next Chief of Police to three finalists. The Community Partners Committee consists of community leaders from the faith, business and law enforcement communities in Tallahassee. The committee previously met on October 9th to consider the eligible applications and narrow […]
Who are they? In the transcript of an audio recording of a discussion between Tallahassee businessman JT Burnette and several undercover FBI agents, Burnette, who is discussing the ins and outs of getting things done in Tallahassee, indicates that two city commissioners were not for sale. The discussion took place on September 21, 2016. JT […]
Today at 3:30 PM on ABC the Seminoles will play host to the rival Miami Hurricanes. Miami is 4-4 on the season with wins against Bethune-Cookman, Central Michigan, Virginia and Pittsburgh with losses to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. The Hurricanes have won the last two matchups against FSU including a 28-27 […]
After Commissioner Jeremy Matlow released his evaluation of City Manager Reese Goad via Twitter, the Tallahassee City Commission passed a ceremonial vote of confidence for Goad at their October 28th workshop on ethics. Mayor John Dailey, who labeled the issue the “elephant in the room”, called for the vote. Dailey expressed support for Goad and […]
At their October 28th workshop, Tallahassee City Commissioners voted to pass several proposals granting more power to the Independent Ethics Board. The Commissioners spoke on the ethics reform proposals at the end of the workshop. Commissioner Elaine Bryant said she hoped the ethics reform package would let the Ethics Board and the community know “how […]
The News Service of Florida After scoring a victory Tuesday when the NCAA governing board moved toward letting college athletes make endorsement money, Florida lawmakers are looking to add “safeguards” to legislative proposals filed for the 2020 session. Before the NCAA’s announcement, four Florida lawmakers had filed bills aimed at allowing college athletes to cash […]
At a meeting today the Leon County Commission decided to hire Chasity O’Steen as the next county attorney. The current County Attorney, Herbert W.A. Thiele, plans to retire effective March 31, 2020. The hiring process included individual commissioner interviews which were followed by full Leon County Commission interviews. O’Steen beat out Cynthia Everett, Mark Moriarty, […]
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis will prioritize a controversial proposal that would require Florida businesses to use a federal system to check the immigration status of new hires, but the leader of the Florida Senate said Tuesday he is “cautious” about passing such a plan. “I expect […]