Senate Bill 356, sponsored by Travis Hutson, is also known as the Keep Our Graduates Working Act. It would prohibits a state authority from suspending or revoking a person’s professional license, certificate, registration, or permit on the basis of a delinquency or default in the payment of his or her […]
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Dignity Florida lobbies for incarcerated women
A year ago, Shelby Nixon held her newly born granddaughter for the first time. Little did she know, it would also be the last time. She would soon learn that her daughter Tammy Jackson gave birth to a baby girl, Miranda, alone in a solitary confinement unit of a Broward […]
Survivors march for justice
More than 400 people marched, hand in hand, to the Capitol building on Tuesday to bring awareness for survivors of crime. The march was coordinated by an organization called Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice. It is an organization made up of victims and survivors of crime including domestic violence, […]
Student Senate finalizes election dates, allocates funds for Carnegie Hall
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s Student Government Association held its weekly senate meeting on Monday. The extensive meeting lasted more than five hours. Natalie Alfonso, a student at the FAMU College of Law, went before the senate to be appointed as an associate circuit court judge. Alfonso was denied the […]
FAMU baseball No. 2 in MEAC preseason poll
Pitcher Chandellor Benton gets ready to throw a pitch against Mercer. Photo Courtesy of FAMU Athletics.com As the season for the Florida A&M Baseball team is underway, they are looking to defend their MEAC championship. However, the reigning champs already face doubt to be able to repeat their successes. […]
Black History Month town hall leaves students feeling empowered
On Thursday morning, students and faculty gathered in Lee Hall Auditorium for Florida A&M University’s Black History Month town hall, “African Americans and the Vote,” #ForTheCulture. The town hall was hosted by Assistant Vice President Carmen Cummings Martin, and gave students and faculty the opportunity to learn more about the […]
Tallahassee mall bringing new business to the community
A new year means new business for the Centre of Tallahassee. The mixed-use development has recently announced that it will be adding Culver’s and supermarket Tom Thumb to its latest list of budding projects. Both establishments are set to provide new eatery options for local citizens of Tallahassee. However, […]
60 years after Tallahassee’s historic lunch counter sit-ins, participants reflect on their legacy
On February 13, 1960, a group of students representing the Tallahassee chapter of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sat at a local Woolworth’s lunch counter in protest of persistent segregation, beginning a wave of student activism throughout the city that would send shockwaves throughout the country. To commemorate the 60th […]
‘A Town Divided’ explores racism in Tallahassee
The Southern Shakespeare Company and Tallahassee Community College partnered to put on a play inspired by Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” which takes the stories of Tallahassee residents to address issues involving racism. It was a night filled with emotions at every spectrum. The audience at Thursday’s performance at Turner Auditorium […]
FAMU athletics adds personnel despite hiring freeze
Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson, struggling to close a multi-million dollar deficit in athletics, announced a hiring freeze for the department in August. But that hasn’t stopped the FAMU Department of Athletics from bringing in new people to fill positions that were never advertised through normal job posting sites. […]