The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Friday, April 4, 2025

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Friday, April 4, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey announced the community has been named a finalist for the 2025 All-America City Award. 

Steve Stewart discusses the ongoing issue related to the city’s governance of TMH on The Preston Scott Show.

FLORIDA NEWS

The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging education bill that includes eliminating a requirement that high-school students pass algebra and language-arts tests to earn standard diplomas.

The Florida House on Thursday passed a bill that would make it harder for citizen groups to place constitutional amendments on the ballot, approving a series of new rules and penalties for petition drives.

NATIONAL NEWS

Stocks dropped significantly today, with major players reacting to the aftereffects of President Donald Trump’s broad reciprocal tariffs. The market movement is in response to one of the president’s key promises made during the campaign—to tackle what has been perceived as unfair trade practices, potentially nudging manufacturers to return to the US (see previous write-up). 

At least seven dead in Tennessee, Indiana, and Missouri after severe thunderstorms swept across the Midwest to the mid-South, leaving nearly 250,000 people without power (More). 

Social video app TikTok faces a deadline to sell its US business by tomorrow or face a ban in the country. Last-minute bids were reported this week from Amazon, mobile tech company AppLovin, and AI search engine Perplexity. Several investors also reportedly offered bids, including major investors Marc Andreessen and Oracle’s Larry Ellison.

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER