LOCAL NEWS
According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family new construction permits were down 6.1% in September 2025
Lively Technical College, in partnership with Leon County Schools, recently announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art welding facility at Chiles High School, made possible through a $631,000 grant from the Florida Department of Education (DOE).
FLORIDA NEWS
Sounding as desperate as he ever has since being appointed four years ago, Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Secretary Ricky Dixon asked a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday for more than $512 million for next fiscal year to maintain the prison system.
NATIONAL NEWS
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority yesterday appeared poised to weaken a 1965 Voting Rights Act provision used to require states to consider racial makeup when drawing voting districts.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown, following a lawsuit filed earlier this month by several unions (More).
US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +0.7%) amid ongoing concerns over US-China trade relations and a government shutdown (More)
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