LOCAL NEWS It was a sad day for Tallahassee, but a political opportunity for Jack Porter. Hours after Tallahassee received the devastating news about JetBlue pulling out of the Capital City, City Commissioner Jack Porter wasted no time in taking the opportunity to further divide the community and score cheap political points. JetBlue is pausing ..read more

It was a sad day for Tallahassee, but a political opportunity for Jack Porter. Hours after Tallahassee received the devastating news about JetBlue pulling out of the Capital City, City Commissioner Jack Porter wasted no time in taking the opportunity to further divide the community and score cheap political points. “This news is really unfortunate ..read more

LOCAL NEWS City Commissioner Jack Porter and Leon County School Board candidate Jeremy Rogers recently announced their respective campaigns were endorsed by Equality Florida. Rogers’ opponent – current school board member Laurie Cox – has been an advocate for parental rights and has spoken against Equality Florida positions. Less than a year after JetBlue began ..read more

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida High school athletes in Florida, just like their college counterparts, will be able to make money off the field through endorsements and other kinds of deals. While saying additional protections are needed, the State Board of Education on Wednesday ratified a plan approved last month by the ..read more

In a press release, the City of Tallahassee announced it will honor former Mayor John Robert Marks III by naming a building after him at a ceremony on Friday, July 26, at 9:30 a.m. On November 8, 2022, the Tallahassee City Commission voted unanimously to rename the Gemini Building in honor of former Tallahassee Mayor John R. Marks, III. Marks was first elected as mayor in 2003 and later re-elected in 2006 and 2010. The honor was requested by former Congressman Al Lawson in a letter to the City Manager. The letter is provided below. Lawson stated that “Mayor Mark’s legacy is deeply rooted in ou ..read more

City Commissioner Jack Porter and Leon County School Board candidate Jeremy Rogers recently announced their respective campaigns were endorsed by Equality Florida. Rogers’ opponent – current school board member Laurie Cox – has been an advocate for parental rights and has spoken against Equality Florida positions. In a statement provided to TR, Cox stated that “Equality Florida has for a long time been an influence in many school districts around the state pushing for LGBTQ rights in our schools and are not supportive of the Parental Rights in Education legislation.  As a long-time teach ..read more

The latest job report shows that Leon County added 914 jobs in June when compared to last month. There were 156,671 people working in Leon County in June compared to May’s revised employment number of 155,680. The June unemployment rate increased to 3.9% from the 3.2% reported last month due to a significant increase in people looking for work. The number of people in the workforce increased from 160,835 in May to 163,010 in June. One year ago, the June 2023 unemployment rate was 3.4%. Year Over Year Comparisons The Leon County Jobs Report, provided below, shows the number of people working in ..read more

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Facing potential First Amendment challenges, Florida has proposed details about how it will carry out a new law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms and blocking minors from accessing online pornography. Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office on Tuesday published three proposed rules that include addressing one of the most closely watched issues in the law: age verification. House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, made a priority of passing the law (HB 3) during this year’s legislative session, citing what he said are ..read more

LOCAL NEWS Developing Story: On Saturday City Commissioner Jack Porter and city commission candidate Dot Inman-Johnson attended a forum hosted by TCAC, an extreme left-wing group that has labeled TPD “cop killers” and verbally attacked Israel. Here are some of their members speaking at a recent city commission: A Tallahassee man will serve three years behind bars after a deadly shooting on the FAMU basketball courts in November 2022. Davhon Young Jr. was hoping for a sentence of time served in exchange for his cooperation, but the judge sentenced him to three years in prison as an accessory ..read more

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Monday declined to take up a fight stemming from a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights, saying the case is moot because the statement was revised last week. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, however, raised the possibility that Floridians Protecting Freedom, a political committee sponsoring the proposed constitutional amendment, could launch a new legal challenge to the revised statement — and that the stat ..read more