LOCAL NEWS
According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family new construction permits was down 52.9% in June 2024 when compared to June 2023.
This coming Monday is the last day to register to vote or to change your political party in time for the August 20th primary election in Florida. It’s likely many races will be decided at that time.
Florida A&M University Board of Trustees will meet next week, almost two weeks after FAMU President Larry Robinson announced his resignation. According to information on its website, the board will hold an online meeting on July 23. An agenda for the meeting has not yet been posted.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
Attorney General Ashley Moody secured an agreement from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) on Wednesday to release media rights contracts central to the ongoing legal dispute with Florida State University (FSU) over its attempt to leave the conference.
FLORIDA NEWS
An appeals court Wednesday rejected a request by abortion-rights supporters to allow a circuit judge to rule on the legality of a revised “financial impact statement” that would appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion.
The Florida auditor general reports that Escambia County has addressed several issues identified in a previous audit regarding the use of tourist development taxes, implementing new procedures to ensure compliance with state law and better documentation of expenditures.
NATIONAL NEWS
Read JD Vance’s first speech as Trump’s VP at RNC
Politico: Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told President Joe Biden last week that she and other Democratic lawmakers worry that he’s dragging down the party, in an extraordinarily candid confrontation that came amid mounting pressure on Biden to end his reelection campaign.
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while traveling Wednesday in Las Vegas and is experiencing “mild symptoms” from the infection, the White House said.
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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@ Edward Lyle = I would even add in that they will let him keep all or most of the Money he has left from his Campaign since there is over $90 Million on Hold.
@ The Spider… I think you’re close. They’ve likely giving senile ol’ Joe an ultimatum. Either bow out, let us play the race card with the pretend AA (Kamala), and save your imaginary “legacy”… or we’ll invoke the 25th and completely obliterate the illusion altogether. I’m sure they tossed in the promise of a full pardon for him and his entire family and their associates to sweeten the blow.
Then… they told him to fake Covid, head to the basement, and take a few days to think about it.
Kamela will be prez inna week, sez i.
The Dementia Patient has Covid… AGAIN!
So many boosters, so little protection.
Poor ol’ Joe is finding out the reality of the Pro-Hamas Progressive Democrats… “When they’re done using you; they’re done using you”
If Biden has Covid, why wasn’t he wearing a mask and keeping his distance from others? I think we are being lied to. #Weekend at Bernie’s
Is it odd that on Tuesday Biden says he will step down if there is a Medical issue and his Doctor says he should and then on Wednesday he has Covid? Not that he will step down or anything.
Vance is not the VP. And Laurie Cox is not the only Republican running in Leon County, there’s Donna Nyack too