The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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LOCAL NEWS

After more than a year of negotiations between the City of Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Professional Firefighters Union, a special magistrate has recommended a solution in a detailed, 26-page analysis.

The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows the May 2024 passenger traffic increased 20.5% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up 14,711 from the 71,920 reported during May 2023 to 86,631 in May 2024.

According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family new construction permits was down 22.4% in May, 2024 when compared to May, 2023.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

Behind 14 hits – including six in a four-run fifth inning – No. 8 Florida State beat No. 4 North Carolina, 9-5, to avoid elimination in the College World Series for the second consecutive game. Nine-hole hitter Jaxson West set a career high with four hits, including a ninth-inning home run, while Connor Hults improved to 3-1 with 4.1 scoreless innings.

FLORIDA NEWS

On Tuesday, June 18th, President Joe Biden approved a Florida disaster declaration. The White House press release stated that “a major disaster exists in the State of Florida and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on May 10, 2024.”

A Leon County circuit judge on Tuesday heard arguments about whether Florida State University’s lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference should be allowed to continue, in the latest chapter in a series of legal fights playing out in Tallahassee and North Carolina.

NATIONAL NEWS

President Joe Biden unveiled a new policy yesterday granting a path to permanent residency for hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the US. The “parole in place” program applies to people with no criminal record who have lived in the US for at least 10 years and have been legally married to a US citizen as of June 17.

Boeing CEO David Calhoun appeared before a Senate investigative panel yesterday amid concerns about safety lapses in Boeing’s production line and its handling of whistleblowers. Calhoun, who has led the company since 2020, will retire at year’s end. See hearing takeaways here.

A federal judge sentenced Club Q mass shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich to 190 years and 55 concurrent life sentences in prison yesterday after the 24-year-old pleaded guilty to 74 hate crime and gun charges. The shooter is currently serving a sentence of more than 2,000 years in Colorado for murder charges related to the attack at the LGBTQ+ nightclub.

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