The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, September 9, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

Crime incident reports produced by the Tallahassee Police Department, and released on a daily basis, show that through the first 8 months of 2024 violent crime incidents are down 13.8% when compared to the same period during 2023. Property crimes are down 4.0%.

Trickle Down Information: Like a balanced diet, responsible citizens should ingest a variety of media products in order to establish and maintain a degree of informational currency and equilibrium. 

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FLORIDA NEWS

Legislative budget leaders said they expect lawmakers to remain “fiscally responsible” after being advised Friday the state faces potential deficits in coming years as federal coronavirus pandemic money dries up.

Twenty-three states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that the attorneys general say could be a threat to the energy industry. A brief filed this week by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and 22 other attorneys general wants the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the decision, saying that it is as much about “federalism and state sovereignty as it is about environmental law.”

NATIONAL NEWS

Politico: Once again, a new NYT/Siena poll is all anyone is talking about. Nate Cohn and his colleagues have published the first high-quality survey since Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden on the ticket that suggests the VP’s hot streak may be coming to an end. The Times poll shows Donald Trump leading Harris by 1 point — 48 percent to 47 percent — among likely voters.

Boeing and its largest union reached a deal yesterday to avoid an end-of-the-week strike. If approved, the agreement would raise the company’s 33,000 production workers’ pay by at least 25% over four years.

US stock markets close lower on Friday (S&P 500 -1.7%, Dow -1.0%, Nasdaq -2.6%) with the S&P 500 witnessing its worst week in a year and a half following news of August jobs report (More). 

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