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LOCAL NEWS
On April 22nd, 2024, the Leon County School Board held their agenda review/workshop meeting and discussed graduation rates, budget priorities and downsizing.
Steve Stewart: On Wednesday the City Commission will vote to take another step towards placing a referendum on the 2024 general election ballot asking City electors to decide whether the City Charter should be amended to raise the salary of the members of the City Commission. In my view, this is a bad idea.
After a Leon County jury delivered a guilty verdict related to a DUI case on Monday April 8, City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow & Commissioner Jack continue to attack the Tallahassee Police Department. This 1,200 word story provides information not reported by other local media outlets.
A crash took place in the area of Carp Lane and Sail Court late Tuesday morning, leaving one man dead. Police say just before 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, a man was collecting trash on the back of a garbage truck before being struck by the truck as it pulled forward. He was taken to a local hospital but later died from his injuries.
A crash involving two vehicles took place early Tuesday morning, leaving one of the drivers dead. Police say the crash took place at the intersection of Capital Circle NW and Gearhart Road. One driver was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries before succumbing to his injuries, according to police. The second driver was transported with non-life-threatening injuries.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
The Chiles High School beach volleyball team won the district championship on Tuesday defeating the Lincoln Trojans at Four Oaks Park in Southwood.
No. 10-ranked Florida State baseball improved to 32-8 on the season with a 10-2 win over North Florida Tuesday night at Dick Howser Stadium. The Seminoles scored 10 consecutive runs after North Florida hit a solo home run, highlighted by Marco Dinges’ grand slam in the third inning.
FLORIDA NEWS
The Florida Legislature allocated $400 million in the state budget, which awaits the governor’s approval, for the acquisition and ongoing planning of a project focused on safeguarding land to avert drinking water shortages and rejuvenate the environment. The Grove Land Reservoir and Storm Water Treatment Area Project is the recipient of the funding and is aimed at conserving territory that spans across the southern border of the St. Johns River Headwaters and South Florida while simultaneously revitalizing water resources.
President Biden made a stop in Tampa yesterday since wrapping up the Democratic nomination at the Dale Mabry campus of Hillsborough Community College. He focused on women voters and their interests and discussed abortion since Florida is considering a ballot amendment on abortion this upcoming November.
NATIONAL NEWS
The Senate last night voted 79 to 18 to pass a long-awaited package that combines $95B of foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan with other national security measures, including a possible TikTok ban. The Senate’s approval of the package comes after the House passed it as four separate bills Saturday. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the package into legislation.
Former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial over alleged falsified business records continued yesterday, featuring testimony from a former longtime head of the National Enquirer. Publisher David Pecker detailed a 2015 agreement he made with then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to purchase and not publish negative stories about Trump amid the 2016 presidential campaign. The trial pauses on Wednesdays and will resume tomorrow.
The US Justice Department announced yesterday it will pay nearly $139M to settle claims by 139 women over the FBI’s mishandling of sexual abuse allegations against former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.2%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +1.6%) as investors sift through strong batch of earnings reports (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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Hopefully Hawk a good bit will go to fix Wakulla Springs- it failed a regulatory required contaminant tests- probably due to contamination from Leon County.
Consider learning more about a non-profit being considered: Tallahassee Regional Environmental Group- Go to: https://gofund.me/650b3d08
I sure hope some of that $400 Million goes towards protecting Wakulla Springs at all costs.
Biden on his “Blame Trump for all HIS Failures Tour”.
You can include a TikTok ban in that $95 Billion Bill but nothing for our Border?
It’s NOT against the Law to Pay someone NOT to publish Negative Stories about you.