LOCAL NEWS
Steve Stewart discusses the City Commission debate over cooperation with ICE officials on The Preston Scott Show.
TPD reports that 574 tickets were issued during the first week of operation of the video enforced speed zone program. The program was activated in two locations.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
On April 8th, the Florida High flag football team (11-3) played their last regular season game against Bradford (9-2) on senior night in Tallahassee. The Seminoles beat the Tornadoes 13-7, giving Bradford their second loss of the season and ending the regular season with 11 wins.
FLORIDA NEWS
The House and Senate on Wednesday passed proposed budgets that are billions of dollars apart, giving them a little more than three weeks to mesh their spending goals and reach an agreement on tax cuts.
Consumer sentiment in Florida fell sharply in March, declining 6.6 points to 78.1, according to the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, marking the largest single-month decline in the index since 2020, when confidence levels plunged amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NATIONAL NEWS
China announced new retaliatory tariffs of 84% against US imports early Wednesday in response to the Trump administration’s 104% tariff on Chinese imports. The escalation came as Trump announced a 90-day pause on most tariffs over 10%—excluding China—later in the day, sparking markets to historic rallies. Trump also increased China’s tariffs to 125%.
Trump administration pauses $1B in federal funding for Cornell University and $790M for Northwestern for allegedly violating civil rights on campus (More).
Stocks up on pause of tariffs (S&P 500 +9.5%, Dow +7.9%, Nasdaq +12.2%), with the S&P 500 notching its biggest single-day gain since 2008.
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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