The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) today disclosed the 16 finalists for the first-ever Sunshine State Spirit Showdown, a statewide contest to promote sportsmanship and celebrate the community-wide pageantry of high school athletics. For the next month, fans everywhere have the chance to play a role in picking the winning entry, casting online votes to supplement voting […]
Distinction Makes Jessica Clark among Elite Project Management Professionals Sachs Media Group today announced that its project manager of campaigns and branding, Jessica Clark, has earned her international Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential. The PMP® distinction, held by a rare few in Tallahassee, enhances Clark’s and the firm’s expertise in managing complex, large-scale projects, including […]
National and state leaders came together last week to address Florida’s continued efforts toward a smarter, more affordable approach to criminal justice issues at the 2014 Justice Summit in Orlando. Some 150 experts ranging from elected officials and policy makers to leading service providers attended the summit. Florida’s 37th Attorney General, Pam Bondi, opened the […]
Since Four Points by Sheraton Tallahassee Downtown opened its doors, we have been committed to conserving resources and protecting Tallahassee’s environment. Our mission is to preserve Tallahassee’s beautiful environment and encourage tourism and corporate growth in Florida’s Capital. All citizens, including businesses, have a responsibility to consider how they are impacting their local environment. I […]
Today, the two sides of Florida’s trauma center debate sat down together, with former Florida Supreme Court Justice Ken Bell acting as a mediator, to try to hash out a compromise with the Florida Department of Health on the question of how to apportion new trauma centers in the state. Each side was represented by […]
The Florida High School Athletic Association today adopted three forward-looking measures to better protect fair play, provide for increased student mobility among member schools when appropriate and enhance due process measures for student-athletes who compete in FHSAA activities. A new bylaw approved by the organization’s Representative Assembly seeks to safeguard teens from the ongoing threat […]
When each September rolls around, die-hard college football fans everywhere have the same thought: “This is our year.” However sincere that belief may be, at the end of the season there can only be one winner and a whole lot of also-rans. Despite that reality, I was convinced this was the year for my beloved […]
On this week’s “Florida NewsMakers” program, state Rep. Matt Gaetz of Shalimar sits down with Trimmel Gomes to discuss his push to legalize “Charlotte’s Web,” a non-euphoric strain of medical marijuana that can help ease the suffering of children suffering from epileptic seizures. “As a limited government conservative, I don’t want the government standing between […]
We’ve replaced our prominent “BE THE BEAR” Tallahassee Regional Airport ad! Check out the 30-second transformation in the video below. We worked with award-winning photographer Peter Delaney to bring his incredible rhino photograph to life. Mr. Delaney’s works have also been featured in National Geographic, France Geo, Africa Geographic, Deuschte Geo, Muy Interesante, Black and […]
The Twittersphere is the modern shorthand for sharing pithy perspectives and succinct summations on the news of the day. Florida’s political intelligentsia of elected officials, staff, lobbyists, opinion leaders and newspeople are frequent fliers in that digital space. We are pleased to offer our selection of the “Tweet of the Week” from that engaged universe […]
Sachs Media Group, Florida’s dominant public affairs communications firm, today announced that Herbie Thiele has been promoted to the post of Deputy Director of Public Affairs. Thiele will support the activities of the firm’s award-winning public affairs team on behalf of its extensive roster of clients. Thiele’s promotion, which occurs as preparations for the 2014 Florida […]
The Sunshine State is consistently the source of some of the most bizarre news stories you’ve ever heard – often involving oversized reptiles, crazy crimes, stupid criminals and mind-boggling scandals. After gazing into its cloudy crystal ball, Sachs Media Group offers 10 predictions that are just strange enough to be plausible Florida news items in […]
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