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Staff ReportsDecember 23, 2016

Democratic Congressman-elect Al Lawson named Tola Thompson, longtime director and assistant vice president of Florida A&M University’s government relations, to be his chief of staff. Lawson, who will represent Florida’s 5th Congressional District, announced the hire this week. Thompson is a Tallahassee native and FAMU graduate. “I will miss the incredible people I have had the […]

Jim RosicaDecember 12, 2016

A lawsuit against Florida A&M University by a Belize native who claims she was wrongly fired is headed to court-ordered mediation. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker last Friday ordered a mediation report by July 27, and tentatively set a jury trial to begin Oct. 16 if the parties can’t resolve the case. Glenda McDougall‘s lawsuit, filed in […]

Jim RosicaNovember 7, 2016

A sunglasses-wearing Vice President Joe Biden wanted a Tallahassee crowd on Monday to “imagine” a world with Donald Trump as president. It wasn’t pretty. “We don’t have to make anything up; we just have to say what they want to push,” Biden said during a midday get-out-the-vote rally at Florida A&M University. Several times, he […]

Associated PressNovember 2, 2016

A former Florida A&M University official is being charged with bribery after he allegedly asked parents to give him money to help their children get admitted to the college. State law-enforcement agents on Tuesday arrested Leman Junior Ulee. The 46-year-old man was charged with two counts of bribery and one count of official misconduct. The […]

Jim RosicaAugust 26, 2016

Give Tim Kaine credit for at least attempting Florida A&M University‘s “Strike, Strike, and Strike Again” chant. The Democratic vice-presidential candidate and U.S. senator from Virginia stopped by the campus of Tallahassee’s historically black university Friday afternoon. He greeted several hundred students, donning a green FAMU cap and giving his best approximation of the Rattler Strike, […]

Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016

A native of Belize has sued Florida A&M University for terminating her, partly because her accent was so thick “no one could understand what she was saying.” Glenda McDougall filed her suit in Leon County Circuit Civil court late Friday. McDougall, represented by Tallahassee attorney Marie Mattox, seeks more than $15,000 in damages and reinstatement of her employment. […]

Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016

An appellate court has thrown out a lawsuit over this year’s student government election at Florida A&M University. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal unanimously agreed Monday to reverse a trial judge’s earlier injunction and dismiss the case. The reason: Under state law, Circuit Judge John Cooper “did not have jurisdiction” to […]

Gary FineoutAugust 5, 2016

No one will be charged in connection with allegations of sexual abuse and murder at a now-shuttered reform school for boys in Florida, with prosecutors saying the passage of time has erased crucial evidence and left many potential witnesses dead. State Attorney Glenn Hess, the lead prosecutor for six north Florida counties, told state investigators […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 12, 2016

Randy Hanna, the former chancellor of the Florida College System, has been named interim dean of Florida State University’s Panama City campus and the College of Applied Studies. Hanna, who has a law degree from FSU and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, will replace Carol Edwards, who is joining the faculty of the FSU […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s indictment on 24 charges of fraud and violations related to a fraudulent charity may provide a political opening for former state Sen. Al Lawson of Tallahassee. Attending a grand opening of his campaign headquarters — a few blocks from Florida A&M University where Lawson played basketball and now has the school’s […]

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Personnel note: Al Lawson names Tola Thompson chief of staff

FAMU ‘thick accent’ case referred to mediation

Joe Biden connects with campus crowd in Tallahassee

Florida A&M University official sought bribes to admit students

In Tallahassee, Tim Kaine’s “Rattler strike” needs some work

Thick accent results in discrimination suit against FAMU

Court tosses out lawsuit over FAMU student election

No charges related to abuse allegations at Florida school

FSU names Randy Hanna interim dean of College of Applied Studies, Panama City campus

Corrine Brown’s legal woes offer opening for Al Lawson in CD 5 race