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Revell, new police chief, has FAMU ties

Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell is well into his second month as the new police chief. He believes his 28 years on the force has prepared him for what’s ahead. In January, City Manager Reese Goad announced that Revell, a Tallahassee native, as the city’s new chief of police. His […]

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State responds to private school voucher controversy

The Florida Department of Education responded to the private school voucher program controversy Friday, saying that the initial story about the issue was inaccurate. “The Orlando Sentinel story completely misrepresents a scholarship program that serves more than 100,000 students,100 percent of whom come from low-income families,” a DOE spokesman said […]

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Companies stepping down from Step Up For Students

Donors are pulling support from Florida’s private school voucher program, Step Up For Students, following an investigation by the Orlando Sentinel into discriminatory policies held by Florida’s private Christian schools against LGBTQ students, employees, and families. Wells Fargo and Fifth Third Bank pulled support for the program. Wyndham Destinations, an […]

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State-sponsored python hunt continues

Hunting large constricting snakes in a swamp is something you can only find in Florida. The inaugural Florida Python Challenge 2020 Python Bowl kicked off Jan. 25 and will conclude Feb. 1, leading up to the Super Bowl. The hunt is to curb the population of the rapid-reproducing Burmese python. […]