The Florida Municipal Electric Association’s (FMEA) bill comparison for June 2019 shows that the City of Tallahassee rates for 1,000 kWh ranks 10th lowest out of the 38 utilities included in the comparison. See chart at end of report. Tallahassee’s rate of $109.07 was below the municipal owned utility average of $113.02 and the investor […]
Over the last five years, growth in student enrollment in Leon County public schools has slowed to almost zero in 2018-2019. An analysis of Florida Department of Education data shows the following: Over the five year period, from 2014-15 to 2018-19, Leon county student enrollment increased 474 Full Time Equivalent’s (FTE) from 33,558 to 34,032. […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that State Attorney Jack Campbell has notified the Tallahassee Police Department that he will no longer be prosecuting marijuana cases. In a message obtained by Tallahassee Reports, TPD sent out information that indicated Campbell would cease prosecutions until “such time that a scientifically proven test that can be introduced into evidence […]
Leon County Schools (LCS) will hold the first tentative public hearing for the 2019-20 budget on July 30th, 2019. From a local perspective, the budget proposes to lower the millage rate from the 2018-19 level of 6.343 mills to 6.167 mills for 2019-20. However, LCS will receive increased property tax revenue due to an increase […]
Pineview Elementary School, one of five Leon County Schools in the Florida Department of Education’s (FDOE) list of the state’s lowest performing elementary schools, is working hard to get off that list. For the 2017-2018 school year, Pineview received an F from the FDOE in overall performance. A new principal and assistant principal took over […]
Citing recently released school grades, Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor held a press conference and called low performing schools in the district a “crisis”. He also called on the community to come together and support education initiatives. “Children are in a chronic state of educational emergency. I recommend radical intervention in Title 1 schools,” said […]
The Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates (NEBA) will hold their monthly membership meeting on Tuesday, July 23, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm at the Capital City Country Club. The speaker will be Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart, and the topic will be: Tallahassee Politics – the Aftermath of the Indictments. “Based on his reporting with TR, […]
The United Way of the Big Bend (UWBB) announced that twenty programs serving Leon County will receive $1.6 million in grants based on a new funding process. In 2018, UWBB underwent a strategic planning process to reset the mission of the organization. The process was guided guided by the ALICE Report and other community data. […]
The City’s Independent Ethics Board was told today, that absent a special workshop scheduled by the Tallahassee City Commission, it is likely their work on a new ethics ordinance will not be addressed by elected officials until next year. When asked when elected officials would address the proposed ordinance, Julie Meadows-Keefe, the Board’s Ethics Officer, […]
Julie Meadows-Keefe announced today at the Ethics Board’s monthly meeting that she will resign her Ethics Officer position with the City’s Independent Ethics Board in February, 2020. Ms. Meadows-Keefe was originally hired by the City of Tallahassee and then retained, in a controversial move, by the newly created Ethics Board. In her remarks, Meadows-Keefe said […]