A conversation about Grow Tallahassee, the FSU–TMH partnership, and the future of healthcare in our community.

When control matters more than care, it's our community that pays the price.

Tallahassee has a rare opportunity in front of it. For decades, we’ve relied on Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) to serve as our community hospital. But now, with Florida State University (FSU) stepping forward, we have the chance to transform that hospital into something far greater: a true academic health center that can drive better care, higher-paying jobs, and long-term economic growth for our city.

Florida State’s victory over Alabama didn’t just shake the college football world — it poured millions into our local economy in real time and set the stage for tens of millions more throughout the rest of the season.

According to current state and local growth trends, our region will need to accommodate 25,000 new homes over the next 25 years to meet the demand.. That’s not a distant hypothetical — it’s an unavoidable reality. The question is simple, yet profound: Where do we want to put these homes?

Too often, our local policymakers receive criticism from the community—sometimes deserved, sometimes not—but when they get it right, we owe it to them to stand up and acknowledge it. Reports show that Buc-ee’s is moving forward as hoped—resolving key challenges, including issues with our land development code around signage, and advancing into the next phase of permitting.

Last year’s tornadoes were a sobering reminder of just how vulnerable Tallahassee remains to extreme weather.

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As we leave one of the most hostile local elections behind in Leon County, I have this bitter-sweet feeling about the results and our...

The comprehensive investigative work of the Democrat has given our community a lot to think about: 124 pages of text messages.

During the last election cycle, I wrote about the wrongful demonization of campaign contributions by the Jack Porter campaign. I wrote...

Does anyone else feel burned out? I sure do. Over the last year, we’ve had too much solitude, too much tragedy, too much conflict and too...

Every year thousands of FSU, FAMU and TCC graduates walk across the stage at the Tucker Civic Center, receive a diploma, and leave town...