Representative Alan Williams has vocalized his support of HB 7013, the adoption and foster care bill presented by the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee and Health & Human Services Committee. The legislation demands a lengthy list of requirements that will reshape certain policies and procedures. Licensed child-placing agencies that provide services […]

Proposed legislation, Senate Bill 162: Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration, would impact the prison system set in place if passed.   In the United States, there are roughly 2.4 million incarcerated people in federal penitentiaries, state corrections facilities and local jailhouses. SB 162 stated that if a wrongfully incarcerated […]

Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli announced a change of heart shifting the overhaul of the Florida Retirement System, after new actuarial studies has shown his plan to be defective.  Back in 2013, he proposed a bill where all new hires would go into a 401k-type investment plan rather than the […]

The Eighth Annual Spring Writing Contest at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University will be on Wednesday, March 18. Students are to submit manuscripts in the categories of essay, poetry and short story by 4 p.m. to the Department of English and Modern Languages office in Tucker Hall, Room 446 or […]

The Florida Senate higher education committee met March 16 to discuss the Licenses to Carry Concealed Weapons or Firearms bill. The bill, if passed, would allow anyone 21 years or older with a valid gun license to carry a weapon on Florida college or university campuses. The bill is sponsored […]

Leon County’s Community Redevelopment Agency has motioned to grant Springtime Tallahassee Inc. $25,000 for the expansion of the Springtime Festival. Springtime Tallahassee plans to expand the event to the night before. The money will go toward artist’s fees. Roxanne Manning, CRA Executive Director, presented the approval of the Special Grant […]

The School of Business and Industry along with the Real Estate and Leadership Club (Club R.E.A.L.) of Florida A&M University, offers an avenue for students to obtain a real estate license at a reduced cost.    FAMU is the first Historically Black College and University to offer a Real Estate […]

Contractors began renovating the water, sewer and storm drains on Macomb Street March 3.. These enhancements are coming just in time for the August grand opening of the new six-story Tallahassee apartment complex, The Onyx. The Onyx residential retail complex project, according to the Tallahassee Democrat, cost $44 million, including […]

The Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce held their annual legislative ‘Welcome Back’ reception at the Doubletree Hotel, Wednesday, March 4.   Since the Big Bend’s establishment, the Black Caucus has been a major supporter.  This year they announced that they have merged along with the Women’s Caucus and the Hispanic […]