LOCAL NEWS
In a story published by WCTV, City Commissioner Jack Porter revealed she voted against an increase in the 2024 city’s property tax millage rate because it funded hiring more police officers.
A would-be historic donation to Florida A&M this spring was too good to be true, according to a report published Monday following an independent investigation into the matter.
J. Brent Pichard opines on what he calls the “Property Tax Shell Game.”
Seven months through 2024, the number of crime incidents reported by the Tallahassee Police Department remain down when compared to 2023. Get the details.
FLORIDA NEWS
The state has warned Port Canaveral leaders that they are putting at risk current and future infrastructure money if they don’t reverse dock plans that appear to favor cruise ships over the space industry.
Fresh off a junket to the United Kingdom with aerospace business leaders, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is touting her inroads in expanding the industry’s presence in the Sunshine State.
A pro-gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging Florida’s ban on openly carrying firearms in public. Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, and Richard Hughes filed the complaint, arguing that the state’s restrictions on open carry violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
NATIONAL NEWS
Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election yesterday. The choice is seen as a strategic move to boost Harris’ connection with rural voters in the Midwest, an important region for the upcoming election.
Iranian-linked Pakistani citizen is arrested and charged in New York for alleged murder-for-hire plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump and other political figures (More).
US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +1.0%) after S&P 500 experiences worst day in two years this week (More) .
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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I have lived in this neighborhood between TMH and Leon for 30 years. Over the last few years we have more burglaries, suspicious persons, assaults and crimes in general. When we first moved here we had a neighborhood police officer…and no issues. I suggest you all sign up for the police department’s daily e-mail detailing calls in your neighborhood. You would be surprised and want more police.
Jackie is a useful idiot; I don’t know what neighborhood she lives in in Tallahassee, but I know we need more cops in mine. She needs to go, vote her out.
Received a great mail piece from Commissioner Richardson today. Very well done.
Reject the Pro-Hamas Progressive Zealots – Pizza Boy, Jackboot, and Do(n)t – and keep Tallahassee moving forward.