LOCAL NEWS
Has Matlow aide Ryan Ray let his political & personal relationship with City Commissioner Jack Porter effect his actions as the chair of the Leon County Democratic Executive Committee? Some Democrats thinks so? Get the details.
The local progressive element of the Democrat party has targeted Laurie Cox on social media labeling her extreme and associating her with the Moms for Liberty group. However, Jeremy Rogers’ attack on Laurie Cox fell flat in a recent political forum.
The Leon County Commission will hold a regular meeting today beginning at 3:00 p.m. See full agenda here.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
Chiles head baseball coach, Corey Pye, is leaving the program after two seasons, taking a job with the Firefighters, a semi-pro baseball team with the Savannah Bananas organizations. He will be the team’s pitching coach.
FLORIDA NEWS
After the issue was tucked into a wide-ranging energy bill approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature, state regulators in the coming months will study the feasibility of adding more nuclear power.
Florida gas prices surged by 18 cents per gallon in the final days leading up to Independence Day, reaching an average of $3.53 per gallon on July 4. This price hike is a significant increase compared to the same day last year, when drivers paid an average of $3.26 per gallon. However, it is still considerably lower than the average price of $4.54 per gallon seen in 2022.
The state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. continued to add policies last week and topped a total of 1.215 million.
NATIONAL NEWS
Politico: President Joe Biden’s outreach efforts to congressional Democrats haven’t quelled the party-wide panic over his future on the ticket — and the fight is about to get uglier.
Roughly 3 million people in Texas are without power as of this writing after Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane—the season’s first hurricane to hit the US; at least three deaths reported in Texas (More).
US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.3%) ahead of inflation data and batch of Q2 earnings reports; S&P 500, Nasdaq close at record highs (More).
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Governor DeSantis should remove Jack Campbell from office
The new GATE Gas Station in Crawfordville at Songbird is crazy. 5 Days ago they were at $3.49.9, two days ago they were at $3.29.9 and Yesterday they were at $3.59.9. All while the Walmart Station a Mile away has been $3.28.9 the whole time.