The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

The Leading Metro Locations report, published by the Area Development magazine, has highlighted the Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for continued economic strength and competitiveness.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

The boys Chiles High School tennis team recently won the city championship. Get the details.

FLORIDA NEWS

As Florida continues to struggle with a lack of affordable housing, lawmakers are looking at “granny flats” to help address the problem.

NATIONAL NEWS

Ukraine accepted a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire deal yesterday amid negotiations in Saudi Arabia. The agreement, contingent upon Russian acceptance, would halt fighting along the front line as well as in the air and sea. In exchange, the US agreed to restore military aid to Ukraine, which was cut off after a tense Oval Office exchange between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy two weeks ago.

Education Department sends reduction-in-force notices to 1,315 staffers yesterday evening, while 572 employees have accepted separation packages in recent weeks and 63 probationary workers were laid off last month; roughly 50% of around 4,000 agency employees have been let go (More), 

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.8%, Dow -1.1%, Nasdaq -0.2%) amid trade policy uncertainty (More).  

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