The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

The TPD Incident Report published on Jan. 8 shows 22 incidents. Get the details.

Detective Ciara Mercado was selected as Sworn Law Enforcement Employee of the Month for December 2024. Get the details.

The Leon County Commission recently approved the 2025 Citizen Engagement Series, Club of Honest Citizens, and To the Village Square, Inc. events.  In addition, the Commission voted to continue the arrangement with To the Village Square, Inc. (The Village Square), as a component of the County’s significant ongoing engagement efforts.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

On December 30th, a dual style wrestling event took place in Wakulla which included six teams, two from Leon County. The six teams that participated were Florida High, Godby, Wakulla, Liberty County, Suwannee and Marianna.

FLORIDA NEWS

The Florida Senate and Secretary of State Cord Byrd last week urged a panel of federal judges to reject a lawsuit alleging that part of a 2022 Senate redistricting plan is unconstitutional because two Tampa Bay-area districts were racially gerrymandered.

Florida school choice advocate Erika Donalds will join the America First Policy Institute as Chair of the Center for Education Opportunity and the AFPI-Florida State Chapter.

NATIONAL NEWS

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced broad changes to the social media company’s content moderation policies yesterday, including ending its US fact-checking program and removing restrictions on sensitive political content on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.

US House passes border measure requiring Homeland Security to take into custody undocumented immigrants who have been charged with theft and other crimes; Senate expected to take up the bill this Friday (More). 

US stock markets fall (S&P 500 -1.1%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq -1.9%), driven by declines in tech stocks, including Nvidia (-6.2%), and better-than-expected economic data raising concerns over interest rate cuts (More)

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