Dr. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., the first term Florida District 2 congressional representative, was appointed to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the House Committee on Agriculture, and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for the 115th Congress. After a contentious primary in August, Dr. Dunn easily won the November general election. He replaced […]
Last month the annual passenger traffic at the Tallahassee International Airport surpassed 700,000 for the first time since February 2015. The latest report shows annual passenger traffic continues to climb aided by increased traffic in November. The numbers for November 2016 show a 10.0% increase in passenger traffic. The number of passengers increased from 59,184 […]
November reports from Leon County government and the City of Tallahassee show the value of Leon county single-family new construction permits issued over the last 12-months was $110.41 million. This is 1.3% above the 12-month value reported last month and 12.4% above the $98.04 million reported in November 2015. The New Construction Report shows the […]
At their last meeting of the year, the City Commission unanimously voted to move forward with a sense of place project involving the Waterworks building. The Waterworks building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at the intersection of East Gaines Street and South Gadsden Street and consists of the […]
Residents in the 4,000 home Killearn Estates neighborhood recently received a questionnaire from the Killearn Homeowners Association (KHA) asking how they would like the Association to move forward with regards to the redevelopment of the land that was previously a nine hole golf course. The current owner is seeking a zoning change from the City […]
UPDATED City Commissioner Miller’s office sent Tallahassee Reports an email yesterday in response to the original story we published, which is listed below. The email included two ethics forms (Form 8B) for two votes Ms. Miller abstained from due to a conflict with a family member. While the forms provided the identification of the family […]
It appears the move by local leaders to convince Amtrak to restore train service along the Gulf Coast with a stop in Tallahassee may be getting help from an unlikely group – Republicans. While Republicans have traditionally criticized federal subsidies to Amtrak, recently local and state Republican leaders along the Gulf Coast have promoted a […]
On December 14th, 2016 the City Commission voted to support an amendment to the Interlocal Agreement between the City, County and the Sheriff regarding the process whereby the Consolidated Dispatch Agency’s (CDA) Director’s employment may be terminated. Previously, it took the support of all three CDA Board members to hire a Director and one to […]
On December 14, 2016 the City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with a 32 acre development off of Ridge Road despite concerns by residents and a recommendation for denial by the City’s Planning Commission. City Commissioners Nancy Miller, Scott Maddox and Gill Ziffer supported the development and Mayor Andrew Gillum and City Commissioner Curtis […]
The Milken Institute’s annual Best-Performing Cities index for 2016 shows that Tallahassee continues to occupy the bottom 50 of the 200 largest cities in the United States when it comes to economic performance. The Best-Performing Cities index, compiled since 1999, uses a comprehensive, fact-based set of criteria to rank 200 large and 201 small metros […]