The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

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LOCAL NEWS

Apalachee Center, Inc. and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH), regional leaders in behavioral healthcare, are opening a new, innovative facility where patients of both organizations can receive outpatient psychiatry, psychological and psychotherapy services in one central location.

A Tallahassee man who was accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old FAMU grad student and cheerleader MaKayla Bryant was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for manslaughter in connection to the incident. Khalil Ogilvie was found guilty of manslaughter in February in connection to Bryant’s death.

According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family new construction permits were down 26.7% in March, 2024 when compared to March, 2023. Get the details.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

No. 8 Florida State baseball fell to visiting Mercer 13-6 Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium. The loss was FSU’s first in a midweek contest and first outside of ACC play this year. The Seminoles – 30-6 overall – led 2-1 after the third inning, but the Bears answered with seven runs in the top of the fourth to pull away.

FLORIDA NEWS

Bob Graham, a former US senator and two-term Democratic governor of Florida, has died. He was 87.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., came out in favor of a 15 week abortion ban for Florida instead of the six week ban that will go into effect on May 1. He believes that Florida has “way more consensus” when it comes to 15 weeks. He also said that he supports exceptions with a 15 week ban for rape, incest and the life of the mother.

Florida Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, vowed next year to file legislation targeting individuals and organizations who send out “literature” calling on illegal aliens to vote. He vowed “massive fines” of $10,000 for organizations who send out such literature in Florida. Ingoglia reacted to a post by The Oversight Project, part of the Heritage Foundation, sounding the alarm on a group “encouraging illegals to vote for President Biden” this November.

Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared in Pensacola on Monday to say that he’ll sign a bill (HB 1285) that limits the number of book challenges people without kids in a school district can file. Gov. DeSantis said “bad actors” have turned book banning into a political stunt. Unlimited objections remain for parents with children in the school district, which includes homeschooled students accessing district materials. Meanwhile, individuals without children in the district, will be limited to one objection per month.

NATIONAL NEWS

House Republicans sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate yesterday in a ceremonial walk across the Capitol, forcing the upper chamber to kick off a trial. 

The US Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday over the validity of the obstruction law used to prosecute over 300 people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the US Capitol. Justices appeared divided, with several questioning whether the government’s interpretation of the law might unconstitutionally apply to conduct protected under the First Amendment.

US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq -0.1%) after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says inflation remains stubborn, reducing expectations for any imminent interest rate cuts (More).

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