Updated 6:25 a.m. City Commission Seat 2 Curtis Richardson 60,649 69.54% Bill Schack 26,564 30.46% Leon County At-Large Kelly Otte 61,329 43.89% Carolyn Cummings 76,698 54.89% Leon County District 4 Bryan Desolge 15,999 43.12% Brian Welch 21,106 56.88% Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna 93,062 59.59% Pam Hightower 62,425 39.97% Children’s Services Council Yes 100,357 65.83% […]
TR’s weekly report (October 25-November 1) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 25th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending November 1st, shows an increase in all three measures when compared to the seven day average one week ago. However, the positivity rate was […]
Last week, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president. Dailey is a long-standing Democrat, but he received Republican support in his narrow victory in the 2018 Tallahassee mayoral race. Elections for the city commission and the mayor are non-partisan. When Tallahassee Reports asked Thomas Whitely, Dailey’s aide, for insight about […]
The Florida State University Student Supreme Court has reinstated Jack Denton as president of the Student Senate. The Court found that Denton’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was previously ousted from the presidency. Earlier this year, Denton was removed from his position as president after making controversial political statements—including criticizing the Black Lives […]
Campaign records maintained by the Leon County Supervisor of Elections show that the Our Kids First political committee, which is supporting the November 3rd Children’s Service Council initiative, received $35,000 in contributions from a Washington D.C based 501(c)4 group. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a 501(c)4 is a social welfare group and can […]
At their meeting on Oct. 28, the City Commissioners unanimously approved a total of $2,000,000 in funding in support of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation applications for the Orange Avenue Affordable Housing Redevelopment project. The Orange Avenue Affordable Housing Redevelopment project aims to address needs in the South City community. The project will redevelop the […]
The Cascades Project, a development project at the edge of Cascades Park that started construction in January 2019, is moving forward. Though construction was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project is still on schedule and is expected to be one of Tallahassee’s largest economic development projects. The project is expected to create nearly 700 […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows there were 66 incidents reported during the week of October 19 – 25, 2020. The data indicates there were 42 property incidents and 24 violent incidents. Last week there were 50 property and 23 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD […]
The City Commission voted on Wednesday, Oct. 28 to extend the permit deadline and construction start date for the 4Forty North development project. The developers of the project requested the extension because the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and delayed the receipt of loan approval from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The original timeline […]
During their Oct. 28 meeting, the City Commission unanimously voted to make the local TEMPO organization a nonprofit foundation. TEMPO, which stands for Tallahassee Engaged in Meaningful Productivity for Opportunity, is a community engagement and public safety youth program that was established in 2017. The TEMPO initiative is administered by the City of Tallahassee’s Community […]