By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE — The son of Cuban immigrants, state Rep. Daniel Perez, R-Miami, was formally selected Monday to become the next speaker of the Florida House as he offered a message of limited — and more effective — government. “Members, we are in danger of becoming a conveyor […]
On Thursday, September 21, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) will consider two requests for funds to promote local economic development projects. The available funding is the result of a new penny sales-tax program which was approved by voters and began on Jan. 1, 2020. Of the sales tax generated, 12% is earmarked to fund economic […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS On Thursday, September 14, the Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC Leon) approved $150,000 in funding to 10 small nonprofits. Get the details. Tallahassee Police announced they are investigating a homicide at the Oak Apartment in the 1600 block […]
On Thursday, September 14, the Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC Leon) approved the intent to fund 10 applications to receive funding from its first round of the “Small Investments for Program Success” (SIPS) Initiative. The objective of SIPS is to allow small, nonprofits access to funding outside of the more robust priority funding […]
On Thursday September 21st at 8:30 a.m., the Tallahassee Growth Management Department will hold a Type A & Pre-Submittal meeting. The meeting will be held remotely through the WebEx meeting service. The Type A & Pre-Submittal meetings allow applicants to receive detailed comments on their project proposals from all relevant departments. The goal is to identify […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS On September 14, the Amazon Tallahassee Robotics Fulfillment Center held its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. This facility is just the sixth Amazon Fulfillment Center to launch in Florida, is almost the size of 11 football fields […]
On September 14, the Amazon Tallahassee Robotics Fulfillment Center held its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. This facility is just the sixth Amazon Fulfillment Center to launch in Florida, is almost the size of 11 football fields and took more than 20,000 tons of steel to build. There are more than 1,000 Amazon employees […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS The multi-million dollar Amazon Fulfillment Center in Tallahassee is officially up and running. The facility is slated to bring in $32 million annually to Tallahassee, already employing over 1,000 people from Big Bend and South Georgia. SUPPORT TALLAHASSEE […]
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 123,000 new students have received private-school vouchers after state lawmakers this year passed a major expansion of voucher programs, while a group that administers the programs says they will not bring an “exodus” from public schools as critics have predicted. As of Sept. 8, […]
On Saturday, at 12 noon, the No. 3 Seminoles will be in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to take on the Boston College Eagles on ABC. The Eagles are 1-1 on the season with a loss to Northern Illinois and a 31-28 win versus Holy Cross. The ‘Noles are 14-5 against BC in the all-time series including […]