Sunday, June 29, 2025
Courtesy of Taylor Watson Hundreds of youth filled the state Capitol Jan. 24-29 to celebrate Children’s Week. This event honors thousands of child advocates across the world. Over the past eighteen years, this has been the only true broad-based promotion for children and family issues in Florida. According to […]
Courtesy of The Root An essential conversation with Pearl Cleage in the Charles Winter Wood Theatre Friday marked the beginning of the Artists in Bloom Festival at Florida A&M University. Pearl Cleage, award-winning playwright and bestselling author, shared her wisdom and inspiration behind some of her greatest works with the […]
Courtesy of Orlando Sentinel It’s a new year and many parents and teachers are still upset over the new and controversial Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) test. The test was administered statewide for the first time back in early spring of 2015, to grades 3-10. It was designed to replace the […]
Courtesy of Tallahassee Democrat City of Tallahassee Commissioners approved the new 4 a.m. sound ordinance Jan. 27. This new time will allow bars to stay open later starting next month. The vote won 3-2 with Commissioners Scott Maddox and Gil Ziffer in opposition. “With Tallahassee leading the state in gun […]
Courtesy of TCC Tallahassee Community College continued to celebrate their 50th anniversary by debuting historical photos on Thursday, Jan. 28 in the Turner Auditorium. The event commemorated 50 years of history at the college with a collection of images from its archives. Host of the event, TCC President Jim Murdaugh, […]
Courtesy of Stephen Gude Jr./ The Famuan The City of Tallahassee and Blueprint 2000 shared their current projects and proposed ideas with Tallahassee residents Tuesday at the Smith-Williams Service Center Annex Hall. Autumn Calder, senior planner for Blueprint 2000, introduced the new proposed designs surrounding Coal Chute pond. “We have […]
Courtesy of Renade Solomon The Children’s Trust (TCT) and Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) moderators posed tough questions to panelists about strategies to get the youth involved in the community on Tuesday, Jan. 26 The forum was led by YAC members Alejandra Gomez and Edgar Otero at Tallahassee City hall. YAC […]
Courtesy of FAMU Career Center Students poured in by the numbers at the annual Spring Career Fair held Wednesday by Florida A&M University. The fair, held in the Al Lawson Center, invited and encouraged FAMU students of all classifications. Companies provided representatives who gave on-the-spot interviews for jobs and internships […]
Courtesy of Getty Images Secretary of State Ken Detzner certified the initiative for medical marijuana on Jan. 26 to be on the 2016 ballot in Florida as Amendment 2. The amendment created by citizens received 716,270 valid signatures, well above the 683,149 required to be on the ballot. Florida […]
Courtesy of FSU Florida State University appointed former FSU business professor and university administrator Dr. Susan S. Fiorito as its new founding director for the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship Tuesday. Jan Moran and the Jim Moran Foundation donated $100 million earlier this month to FSU to create the nation’s […]