The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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LOCAL NEWS

At Thursday’s Blueprint meeting, the IA Board will consider increasing the project budget ($118 mill) to meet the current scope, reducing the scope to meet current budget ($82 mill) and widening Springhill Road to 4 lanes, which will cost an estimated $13 million.

On Monday, Leon County Commissioner Brian Welch revealed the most recent design of the Northeast Park located on Centerville Road near Roberts Elementary School.

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey and Leon County Commission Chair Carolyn Cummings discuss the state of our community and answer questions from NEBA members about some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Potential topics include the changing tone of politics in our community, growth and development, crime, small business, encouraging trends and the celebration of Tallahassee’s bicentennial.

The lunch buffet opens at 11:30 AM and program starts at 12:00 PM at the Capital City Country Club, 1601 Golf Terrace Drive. Lunch for NEBA members is $25; lunch for guests is $35.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

FSU baseball’s Jamie Arnold is the ACC Pitcher of the Week after his dominant start Saturday against Western Carolina, it was announced Monday. Arnold struck out a career-best 11 batters in a career-high 6.0 innings, allowing just one hit and two walks in Florida State’s 8-4 victory. Arnold, from Tampa, has not allowed an earned run 11.0 innings to start the 2024 campaign.

Florida A&M men’s and women’s basketball teams hosted Alabama A&M on Monday night. The FAMU women’s team fell to the Bulldogs 65-43. The FAMU men pulled off the win 76-58. They were able to put up 30 points in the paint and capitalize off of 32 points from turnovers.

FLORIDA NEWS

A piece of Florida legislation that would’ve revised laws surrounding defamation lawsuits is dead for this legislative session, Florida’s Voice has learned. It would have assumed media outlets engaged in “actual malice” if they publish false statements given to them by anonymous sources, for the purpose of defamation cases. A spokesperson for Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo’s office told Florida’s Voice that the Senate has no plans to take up HB 757 for procedural reasons.

A preliminary study of the damage done by last summer’s record heat wave to Florida’s coral reefs is in and researchers are concerned about the results. Barely one-fifth of the staghorn corals survived. And elkhorn corals weren’t even found at two of the five reefs surveyed. These are the biggest, most visible corals found in the world’s third-largest reef off the state’s southeast coastline.

A bill that would authorize volunteer school chaplains passed through the Senate Rules Committee and is heading for a full floor vote. School boards would have to determine to which programs and services chaplains would be assigned, would have to inform parents that chaplains be informed, and would have to get parental consent before chaplains interacted with students.

NATIONAL NEWS

The US Federal Trade Commission and nine states sued to block supermarket chain Kroger’s $25B acquisition of competitor Albertsons yesterday, arguing the move would raise prices, lower wages, and reduce competition in the industry. The proposed deal, first announced in 2022, would be the largest in supermarket chain history.

Michigan holds presidential primaries today; former President Donald Trump leads GOP race by double digits in recent polling (More). 

US House expected to deliver impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate as soon as this week; Democrats expected to seek to dismiss case (More).

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.1%); Amazon joins 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Walgreens (More).

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Steve Stewart

Steve Stewart is the founder and editor of Tallahassee Reports which began in 2009 as an online blog. Steve received a Bachelors Degree from Clemson University in 1984 and a Masters degree in Political Science from FSU in 1990. He has been involved with state and local politics since arriving in Tallahassee in 1989.

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7 Comments

  1. DeepStateProvocateur
    DeepStateProvocateur

    @Edward Lyle -

    "Only the damaged liberal Marxist mind believes that driving a Prius and killing wales with foolish windmills can change the evolutionary path of a planet."

    I can't believe a good Christian man like you believes in evolution!

    Hey, did you notice that Monday it hit over 100 degrees in Texas? In February! It's true, just google it. As usual, a boomer conservative could care less about what the planet looks like in thirty years, because he has already gotten his. Standard conservative values.

  2. Edward Lyle
    Edward Lyle

    Only the damaged liberal Marxist mind believes that driving a Prius and killing wales with foolish windmills can change the evolutionary path of a planet.

    The climate changes at my house on a nearly constant basis as a result of two scientific realities:

    1. Menopause
    2. Thermostat

  3. Nicholas Weed
    Nicholas Weed

    The daily meltdown by DSP...

  4. DeepStateProvocateur
    DeepStateProvocateur

    "A preliminary study of the damage done by last summer’s record heat wave to Florida’s coral reefs is in and researchers are concerned about the results. Barely one-fifth of the staghorn corals survived. And elkhorn corals weren’t even found at two of the five reefs surveyed. These are the biggest, most visible corals found in the world’s third-largest reef off the state’s southeast coastline."

    Someone should tell these coral reefs that climate change is a liberal hoax. I knew the lamestream media had infected our children and weak minded liberals into believing crazy stuff, but had no idea they'd even infected our coral reefs with their lies. I think a tax cut would probably make the reefs come back though.

  5. Nicholas Weed
    Nicholas Weed

    Haley Is a ringer for the Democrats? She carries the never Trump flag and making a fool out of herself. She's not even a distraction as no one is paying any attention to her. Nikki who?

    NEBA needs to improve their speaker list. Ask Carolyn why she follows Dianne Williams Cox's ridiculousness and ditto for the mayor? Both are do nothings except for raising taxes and disappointments that need to go. Their only platform is regurgitating the Democratic Party's ideology. People are on to them and say no more. Also, ask them why they believe spending taxpayers dollars to attend the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce junket is a benefit to taxpayers?

    NEBA will be remiss if they do not ask the mayor why he and the city manager are misusing city staff and resources to carry out a political vendetta against a county commissioner?

  6. Proud Rural Redneck
    Proud Rural Redneck

    Don’t forget our U. S. Reps and Senators will roll over this week and pass yet another temp spending bill doing nothing to stop illegal immigration or cut spending.

  7. David T. Hawkins
    David T. Hawkins

    Spring Hill & Lake Bradford should be the only Roads to consider for the Gateway Project.

    How much will THIS Park Design cost us?

    Trump will beat Haley in Michigan today. What will be interesting is, WHEN Haley finally drops out, WHO will she throw her Support behind? I'm thinking Biden since it has been mostly Democrats funding her run. Think about it.

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