A salary increase has been recently approved for teachers in Leon County Public Schools. The raises will particularly affect beginning teachers, whose salaries will rise to $43,404 a year—a nearly $6000 increase. This salary increase comes after a $5.3 million allocation from the district and the state, with 80% of those funds being used to […]
On Oct. 8, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor ruled that Florida State University must continue to pay Jack Denton, former FSU student senate president, for the remainder of his term but ruled that Denton will not return to his position. Winsor also found that Denton’s first amendment rights were violated. The ruling was the result […]
On Thursday, Oct. 14, the City Commission voted to approve the proposed scope and objectives of an audit of the Tallahassee Police Department’s use of force policy, General Order 60 – Response to Resistance. At their Sept. 9 meeting, the City Commission called on the Inspector General to develop an audit of the use of […]
One of the concerns voiced by opponents of the creation of a Children Services Council (CSC) in Leon County is administrative costs. Advocates for the CSC have stated that the administrative costs will run between 6-12% of all expenses and that the costs will be far less than the benefits of the children services programs. […]
TR’s weekly report (October 11-October 18) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 11th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases moved from 58 cases on October 11th to 56 cases on October 18th, a 3.4% decrease. The Leon […]
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the City Commissioners approved the adoption of a new lobbying contract that will combine both federal and state lobbying services, as opposed to the current model that maintains separation between the two levels of government. The annual fiscal impact of the contract will be $50,000. Five years ago the city was […]
Tallahassee Reports recently interviewed attorney Jon Moyle, an advocate for the creation of a Children Services Council. The purpose of the interview was to document the rationale for a CSC in Leon County from an advocate’s perspective and to get answers to several questions posed by critics of the initiative. A CSC is an independent, […]
The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a eight week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Observations: Zip code 32304 reported the most cases (70) last week. Three zip codes (32301, 32303, 32304) reported over 50 cases last week. Seven zip codes reported more cases than last week. Three zip […]
TR’s weekly report (October 5-October 11) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates are detailed below. TR’s October 4th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases moved from 51 cases on October 4th to 58 cases on October 11th, a 13.7% increase. The Leon […]
Leon County Commissioners voted to approve County Administrator Vincent Long’s annual performance review at their meeting on Oct. 13. The vote included a one-time lump sum 5% merit increase in the County Administrator’s pay. Long was appointed County Administrator in 2011 and has worked for Leon County since 1995. The Commissioners evaluated his performance based […]