LOCAL NEWS
Leon County’s Children’s Services Council is expanding the programs it supports to include year-round offerings. The council is spending a total of $2.5 million for both year-round and summer programs.
After receiving “overwhelming input from the Tallahassee community,” the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced they are rolling back plans proposed by the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency to remove the center left-turn lane and add a sidewalk on the “west side of the road between Calhoun Street and Sixth Avenue.”
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
Florida State has hired former player and two-time NBA champion Luke Loucks as its men’s basketball head coach, FSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford announced Sunday.
FLORIDA NEWS
Florida Sen. Rick Scott reintroduced legislation last Friday aimed at cracking down on antisemitic harassment in higher education, proposing financial penalties for universities that fail to address discrimination against Jewish students.
A hundred troopers have been deployed to help cities around Florida deal with the wave of spring breakers in the coming weeks, Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a Thursday press conference in Miami Beach.
NATIONAL NEWS
House Republicans unveil six-month short-term spending bill ahead of March 14 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown; vote expected tomorrow, bill would head to Senate for approval (More).
US, Russian, and European leaders to meet this week to continue talks toward ending the war (More).
US stock markets close up Friday (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.7%); gains cap volatile five-day stretch, S&P posts worst week since September (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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