LOCAL NEWS
The latest employment report shows that the number of jobs in Leon County remained unchanged in February when compared to January. There were 161,030 people working in Leon County in February compared to January’s revised employment number of 161,081, a decline of 51 jobs.
Commissioner Welch recently posted a timeline related to NE development projects to provide some “context about the deliberate and thoughtful nature of our local planning efforts.“
The 57th Annual Springtime Tallahassee Festival happened on Saturday, March 29. The city’s downtown was filled with thousands of celebrants all day long.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
On Mar. 28, the Maclay boys lacrosse team (8-6) took on highly ranked South Walton (12-4) at home for their first and only meeting of the regular season. Get the details.
FLORIDA NEWS
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 3.6% in February, according to data released Friday by the Florida Department of Commerce. The figure represents a 0.1 percentage point increase from January and a 0.4-point rise over the year. The state reported 398,000 unemployed residents in a labor force of 11,196,000.
NATIONAL NEWS
Federal judges block executive orders from President Donald Trump targeting two law firms, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, calling the directives retaliatory in nature (More).
Elon Musk announced Friday that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, would acquire his social media platform, X, in a deal valuing the network at about $33B. Musk said xAI would pay $45B for X while assuming $12B in outstanding debt left over from his 2022 purchase of the company.
US stock markets drop sharply Friday (S&P 500 -2.0%, Dow -1.7%, Nasdaq -2.7%), driven by increased core consumer prices and trade policy uncertainty (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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