On Monday evening, individuals poured into the Senate Meeting to discuss six different bills on the agenda. A majority of the audience was there to discuss House Bill (HB) 4005, a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm on a College or University campus. Comment cards were distributed and […]

Over the past years, the campus of Florida A&M University has experienced many crimes ranging from batteries, robberies, aggravated assaults and rapes. Lt. Norman K. Rollins of the Florida A&M University Police Department stated that the figures are not alarming compared to the previous years or compared to other universities. […]

The HB 4031 proposes to eliminate payment of tuition and fees at school districts that provide workforce training programs and public post-secondary educational institutions for students who do not have a regular nighttime residence or sleeping accommodations. Kevin Priest, CEO and president of Capital City Youth in Tallahassee, Fla. is […]

Tallahassee’s new $7 million Comprehensive Emergency Services Center was designed to better serve the diverse needs of the region’s homeless population. This new 36,000-square-foot building sits on the corner of West Pensacola and Dupree Street. Tallahassee’s new homeless facility is planned to have its grand opening April 2, 2015. Chuck […]

Senate bill 150 will require the Office of the Attorney General and the justice Administrative Commission to create a ‘student loan assistance program,’ which will help assistant public defenders, assistant state attorneys, assistant attorney generals and assistant statewide prosecutors pay off eligible student loans. The goal of the bill is […]