The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, October 8, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

Campaign finance records show that city commission candidate Dot Inman Johnson has paid her husband, Lee Johnson, $3,000 for political consulting services. Get the details.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

Check out local high school football players recognized by TR based on recent performances.

FLORIDA NEWS

Hurricane Milton is now expected to make landfall in the early Thursday hours. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center shows the storm remains a Category 4 storm as it begins a northeastern move away from the Yucatan Peninsula toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

After seeking help from the Florida Supreme Court on the meaning of the word “riot,” a federal appeals court Monday overturned an injunction against a 2021 state law aimed at cracking down on violent demonstrations.

NATIONAL NEWS

The Supreme Court is hearing its first oral arguments of the 2024-25 term today. The case, Garland v. VanDerStok, surrounds a 2022 regulation on so-called “ghost guns”—untraceable firearm components made through 3D printing, kits, and parts.

Georgia Supreme Court restores state’s six-week abortion ban while it considers an appeal to a lower court decision that had briefly struck down the 2022 law (More).

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.0, Dow -0.9, Nasdaq -1.2%) as US 10-year Treasury yield rises above 4% for first time since August (More).

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER

4 Responses to "The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, October 8, 2024"

  1. The Founders didn’t but their firearms with serial number on them, produced by Smith and Wesson or Glock…

    Just say’n…

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