WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to new reporting that Donald Trump's MAGA minion Ron DeSantis is using voter intimidation tactics to block an abortion rights measure in Florida, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Donald Trump's Republican Party will go to extreme lengths to deny women their reproductive freedoms even deploying police to intimidate voters and ensure the abortion ban Trump 'proud  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 10 -- The city of Tallahassee issued the following news on Sept. 9, 2024: The City of Tallahassee successfully secured $20.3 million in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support two critical infrastructure projects at Tallahassee International Airport - enhancements to Taxiway Bravo and the terminal's central utility plant. "We set a goal five years ago to increase our receipt of annual grant awards as part of our focus on strong fiscal  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2025-013) on Sept. 6, 2024, involving Supreme Court and Office of the State Courts Administrator - Selected Administrative Activities. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit focused on selected administrative activities of the Supreme Court (Court) and the Office of the State Courts Administrator. Our audit disclosed the following: Finding 1: The Court did not periodi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2025-014) on Sept. 6, 2024, involving Wakulla County District School Board. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Wakulla County School District (District) focused on selected District processes and administrative activities and included a follow-up on findings noted in our report No. 2022-047. Our operational audit disclosed the following: Finding 1: As simil  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following consummating order (Docket No. 20240094-GU; Order No. PSC-2024-0417-CO-GU) on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * In re: Joint petition by Peoples Gas System, Inc. and Florida Public Utilities Company for approval of special contract. CONSUMMATING ORDER BY THE COMMISSION: By Order No. PSC-2024-0367-PAA-GU, issued August 19, 2024, this Commission proposed to take certain action, subject to a Petition for Formal P  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 10 -- The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release: The Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department has been selected by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) as one of ten park agencies nationwide that will test CAPRA's newly overhauled standards for accreditation. This prestigious selection allows PROS to submit its 2025 reaccreditation application in alignment with the new standards, thereby pro  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kelsey Klopfenstein Six faculty members and one postdoctoral researcher at Florida State University have received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Their expertise will take them to Finland, Colombia, Italy, India, Germany and Sweden. Fulbright U.S. Scholars are faculty, researchers, admin  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 10 -- Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2024, regarding the status of the fire union contract for fiscal 2025-2027: * * * "Earlier today the negotiating teams met on the three-year contract. The contract period is set to begin on October 1, 2024. Thus far, both negotiating teams have worked in good faith to reach a deal in time for an October 1 implementation. The focus is and has been on Firefighter pay. At last week's n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis uses taxpayer funds to advocate against a grassroots, democratic initiative to restore reproductive rights in Florida after Donald Trump paved the way for them to be ripped away, DNC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy issued the following statement calling DeSantis out for using Trump's Project 2025 playbook: "Donald Trump's Project 2025 agenda promises to give Trump virtually u  more