The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

Five months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 37.6% when compared to incident data from January thru May in 2024. The drop was driven by a 41.3% decline in property crime. However, robberies increased in April and May to 2024 levels after a major decline in the first three months of 2025. 

Florida A&M University is proposing a $650,000 salary for its new president, Marva Johnson. According to a proposed contract posted on the school’s website, Johnson’s salary would be $150,000 more than her predecessor was making, and comes with a 3% annual raise, housing and car allowance, along with a faculty position at the FAMU College of Law after the end of her presidency, with some exceptions.

FLORIDA NEWS

The state’s budget expires in 27 days and legislators are back in town to make sure there’s a spending plan in place July 1 to avoid a government shutdown. Leadership unveiled budget “allocations” Monday night that show how the Legislature will spend about $50 billion in general revenue, or state funds, across various government agencies.

The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously approved appointing former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez as the university’s president.

NATIONAL NEWS

A suspect arrested following a Sunday attack in Boulder, Colorado, will face federal hate crime charges, officials announced yesterday. The attack—carried out with Molotov cocktails and a makeshift flamethrower—left 12 people injured. The suspect was also charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation and attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference.

Office demolitions and conversions this year exceed new construction for first time in 25 years, per new data (More).

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.7%); steel stocks, including Cleveland-Cliffs (+23%) and Steel Dynamics (+10%), rally after President Donald Trump announces doubling of tariffs on steel imports (More) 

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