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LOCAL NEWS
Recent tornadoes and flash floods prompted the Leon County School District to speed up its rollout of a new “Rapid Communication System.” It will allow the district to send text messages directly to parents’ cell phones during emergencies. The superintendent says the district has been working on this Rapid Communication System for the past year, but the recent storms sped up its rollout.
Review local government service changes for Memorial Day. Leon County here and City of Tallahassee here.
The City of Tallahassee has released its annual Water Quality Report – 2023. The 2023 Water Quality Report (a federally mandated publication that’s also known as the Consumer Confidence Report) provides the monitoring data and explains the source and treatment process for the City’s drinking water. The 2023 report is based on the results of monitoring for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2023. The report is now available online at Talgov.com/WaterQuality.
Leon County Government is set to launches a program to assist those impacted by the devastating May 10th tornadoes. Get the details.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
The No.15 Florida State softball team (46-15) fell to No. 2 Oklahoma (53-6) by a score of 10-3 on Thursday night at Love’s Field in Norman, Okla., in the first game of the Super Regional.
Florida State baseball plays No. 16 and 4-seeded Viriginia Cavaliers today at 11:00 a.m. in their second game of the ACC baseball tournament. The Noles outlasted the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 12-9 earlier this week.
FLORIDA NEWS
Former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz received the endorsement of Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Bartow, on Thursday. Gaetz is running for Senate District 1 which he previously held eight years prior. During his time as a lawmaker he served as Senate president from for the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions. Albritton is also the president designate of the Senate, preparing to take the reigns of the upper chamber beginning in 2025 and 2026 sessions.
A recent report by Insurify found that Florida has the third highest car insurance costs in the nation, only trailing Nevada and New York. According to the report, Floridians pay an average of $2,917 a year for full coverage on their car insurance. New York, the most expensive state, pays 3,374. Florida’s average is 44% higher than the national average of 2,019 per year.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., announced that he is running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as the U.S. Senate’s Republican leader. Former President Donald Trump told Scott he’s “excited” that Scott is running for the leadership position, the senator said. He committed to working towards no more omnibus spending bills, having a “real” appropriations process and to “figure out how to balance the budget.”
NATIONAL NEWS
The National Collegiate Athletic Association and five power conferences—collectively representing more than 60 schools—agreed yesterday to a $2.8B class-action settlement, paving the way for universities to directly pay college athletes for the first time. If finalized, the plan would go into effect as soon as next year and reverse the amateur college sports model in place since 1906.
The Justice Department and 30 states launched an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation yesterday in a bid to break up the country’s largest concert promoter and ticket seller. The suit alleges Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster wield a monopoly to reduce competition and increase prices for customers.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to have above-normal activity, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting an 85% chance of 17 to 25 named storms, the highest number NOAA has ever forecast in its preseason outlook.
Markets tumble (Dow -1.5%, S&P 500 -0.7%, Nasdaq -0.4%), with Dow notching its worst day of 2024 and more than 400 of the S&P 500 falling on the day amid Federal Reserve concerns over persistent inflation (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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City water quality report: nothing is reported (no transparency) on contaminated wells that are/have been shut down over at least the past ten years. What wells are near contaminated sites and disclose their directional movement plumes (causes of some wells closing?). Official PFAS plastics testing results in drinking water and recreational lakes?
These and other concerns will be researched by the new non-profit: Tallahassee Regional Environmental Group FKA Tallahassee Sewage and Wakulla Basin Advocacy Group (join our FB page)
I’m so done with college athletics.
It’s like a nice house on the ocean.
After a Cat 5.
No wonder FSU is “downsizing” Doak.
A college scholarship is reward enough for them. What you’ll quickly see is the inequity of this ruse. A good quarterback will rake in the quan, while the linemen who help make him a good quarterback get squat.
And David is correct… say goodbye to small college involvement and small college student opportunity.
But it’s all about equity and inclusion don’t ya know.
College has gone the way of NFL. While I am a proponent of helping younger athletes, it is also ruining the sport. It’s always been a business, regardless if college athletes were paid, or not, but as anyone wearing garnet and gold found out for sure last year, it’s ALL business. The spirit and ethos of college sports is gone forever.
I guess if universities will now be allowed to directly pay college athletes, the smaller Colleges won’t have a chance to recruit better performing Athletes.