LOCAL NEWS
As of August 18, 2024, the year-to-date numbers indicate that the total number of crime incidents reported by the Tallahassee Police Department are down 6.5% when compared to the same period in 2023. Get the details.
After over a year of back-and-forth, the City of Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Professional Firefighters union have settled their dispute over contract terms.
FLORIDA NEWS
Florida Cabinet members are voicing alarm at a reported plan to allow lodging and golf courses to be built in state parks. “Public lands should be enjoyed and protected,” said Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson. “We have to be really careful when we talk about building infrastructure in state parks.”
The Florida Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge on Wednesday against the state’s Financial Impact Estimating Conference, House Speaker Paul Renner, and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo over the revision of the financial impact statement for a proposed constitutional amendment designed to limit government interference with abortion.
Port Canaveral leaders acquiesced Wednesday to demands by the state and reversed plans for a new cruise terminal that could have been an impediment to future needs of the space industry.
NATIONAL NEWS
The US government reduced the estimated number of annual jobs added by 818,000 yesterday. The new figure, still preliminary, suggests 2.1 million jobs were added from April 2023 to March 2024, a 28% revision from the 2.9 million previously reported.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) headlines night three of the Democratic National Convention with Vice President Kamala Harris scheduled to speak tonight; see updates (More).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly to drop independent presidential campaign, endorse former President Donald Trump in speech tomorrow (More).
US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.6%) after summary from Federal Reserve’s policy meeting last month spurs hope for September rate cut (More)
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I just got my property tax notice and the amount of taxes will be higher this year if the PROPOSED changes are made but will be slightly lower if NO changes are made.
I’ve heard this song and dance before….
The real issue is that as Florida’s population grows, the number and size of the green spaces diminishes. Look around Tallahassee. Where could you build a golf course within Capital Circle? Without knocking over a school or plowing up a graveyard you can’t.
But putting them in our state parks is equally insane. The developers view this as a cheaper way to acquire the land than buying it and developing it from whatever wilderness form it’s in today.
The City is so messed up when it comes to our Fire Department. Wasting all that time the way they did just for a MONTH? I would not blame the Fire Department if they go on Strike October 1st. if they have to start all over again.
I can understand Lodging in State Parks but NOT Golf, leave the Parks natural. The State needs to own the Lodges and Lease them to Venders to operate on 5 Year Contracts. Or do like they did with Wakulla Springs and let a College run them using Students seeking Hospitality Degrees.
Another Night at the DNC bashing Trump with LIES.