The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, April 4

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, April 4

LOCAL NEWS

Two Florida Democratic leaders were arrested Monday with a group of protesters outside city hall. The group was advocating for abortion access after a proposed six-week ban passed in the Senate earlier in the day.

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On March 27th, the non-profit organization City Walk Urban Mission filed a complaint against the City of Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Fire Department’s Fire Marshal to prevent them from enforcing an order to vacate residents from the homeless shelter due to fire code violations.

Tallahassee Police responded to Lincoln High School last Friday after they found a student with a handgun in their backpack. TPD said that the student came back to LHS with the handgun after a physical fight with another student. The 16-year-old student was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property and possession of a firearm by a minor. 

FLORIDA NEWS

The Florida Senate passed SB 300, the “Heartbeat Protection Act,” would ban doctors from knowingly performing or inducing a termination of pregnancy after the sixth week of gestation. Two Republicans voted with Democrats against the pro-life legislation: State Sen. Alexis Catalyud and State Sen. Corey Simon. 

Yesterday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed permit less concealed carry legislation quietly. The bill goes into effect July 1 making Florida the 26th state to enact similar legislation. DeSantis has also indicated that he is open to a calling a special session for open carry if the votes are there. 

The Florida Senate is also set to pass a bill that would ban gender-affirming and gender-conforming health care for minors. The bill also makes physicians who violate the law and provide care to minors a third-degree felony. Lastly, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration would be required to revoke the licenses of hospitals that don’t comply with the law. Physician surgery offices that don’t comply with the requirement could lose their registrations. 

SPORTS NEWS

Florida State baseball is back in action tonight at 6:00 p.m. as the Noles play host to the Jacksonville Dolphins. The Noles are coming off getting swept by the Miami Hurricanes in three games, and go into the game with a record of 12-15. The game can be heard on 100.7 WFLA

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9 Responses to "The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, April 4"

  1. I hope a pro-life Republican runs against Corey Simon in the primary. Otherwise, I won’t be voting for anybody for State Senate.

  2. If I remember correctly, the City let them go in there under a Temporary Emergency Order because of a major Winter Cold Front to Hit Tallahassee a couple Years ago and they were supposed to leave afterwards but refused. This has been a huge Boonedoggle from Day One.

  3. TPD and their PBA union are out of control with their shady taxpayer raises, now trampling on 1st amendment. Regardless of views on abortion, Reese Goad is not up to the task of maintaining stability

  4. There are about 22 circumstances in which people’s information is kept out of public record in Florida. Seems like any publicity is good publicity for their campaigns

  5. Reference: “Two Florida Democratic leaders were arrested Monday with” That would be Nikki Fried and Sen. Lauren Book. Their commitment to the protesters was so shallow that neither Fried or Book have their mug shot published in today’s Leon Co. Sheriff Booking Report.

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