LOCAL NEWS
The latest jobs report shows the Leon County June unemployment rate increased to 4.3%. The May unemployment rate was 3.8%. The increase was driven by more than 1,000 people entering the workforce.
A freeze on federal funds used to support after-school and summer programs throughout Florida could soon be lifted.
In a case that has drawn national attention, a federal appeals court this week declined to reconsider a decision that backed the Leon County school system in a dispute about a student wanting to express a gender identity and use pronouns the child’s parents didn’t support.
FLORIDA NEWS
Talk of détente between the camps of President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis took a turn this past week as DeSantis tapped Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, as Florida’s chief financial officer, snubbing the state senator who garnered the president’s blessing for the post.
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent in June, while private-sector jobs were down 21,000 from May, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Commerce.
NATIONAL NEWS
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of the Scopes Monkey Trial, a landmark legal case dubbed the “trial of the century.” A symbolic clash between the roles of science and religion during the Roaring Twenties, the trial became a public spectacle and was the first to be broadcast nationally on radio.
Car rams into crowd outside Los Angeles Saturday, injuring at least 30 people; officials are investigating the action as an intentional attack, have not yet publicly identified a motive (More).
US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 -0.0%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +0.1%) amid report President Donald Trump is pushing for EU tariffs of at least 15% (More).
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Whatever happened with that house that blew up back in November on Yancey St.?