The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, April 14, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family new construction permits were up 4.5% in March 2025 when compared to March 2024. Permit values were down.

After a comprehensive and exhaustive 22-month investigation into the disappearance of 12-year-old Lori Paige, the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) has arrested her father, 36-year-old Andrew Wiley, on charges of second-degree murder.

Services from parenting help to mental health support to a computer lab are now available in the Fort Braden community. It’s all part of a new Family Resource Center that officially opened Saturday.

FLORIDA NEWS

Amid an escalating feud between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled House, the chamber’s budget chairman on Friday sent letters to six state agencies seeking a broad array of documents as part of a probe into government spending.

A look at some bills that are struggling in the Legislature as Sine Die approaches.

NATIONAL NEWS

US and Iranian officials held bilateral talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Oman Saturday, the first such meeting between the two nations since 2018. The officially indirect discussions ended with a direct exchange between US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, a move observers described as a compromise since the US had requested direct talks.

Trump administration confirms Maryland man mistakenly deported to Salvadoran prison is alive in the facility, declines to say whether it is complying with order to facilitate his return (More). 

US stock markets close up Friday (S&P 500 +1.8%, Dow +1.6%, Nasdaq +2.1%), closing tumultuous week following tariff uncertainty (More). 

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