More than 750 high school students from Leon and surrounding Big Bend counties ventured to the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center for the seventh annual Leon Works Expo.
Together with Leon County Government, OEV is hosting the annual Leon Works Expo, intended to encourage high school students to explore skilled career pathways available in the Big Bend region.
Leon County s four-member delegation to the Florida Legislature may bring home more than $3.5 million in local project spending in the proposed state budget lawmakers will vote on Friday.
In addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars that will go to the operations of Florida A&M and Florida State universities and Tallahassee Community College, there s money for a local mental health initiative and programs for at-risk youths in the next fiscal year s $100 billion spending plan.
Lawmakers also set aside $100,000 in planning and site acquisition for a new State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee s Capital Circle Office Complex.
And the county s pretrial intervention program for military veterans is in line for $1.4 million, once the Legislature passes the budget later this week.