LOCAL NEWS
Tallahassee Commissioner Curtis Richardson has been elected to serve the Mayor Pro-Tem role.
City Commissioner Porter votes against accepting federal funds for local police officers.
LOCAL SPORTS
On Friday at 8 p.m. FSU will be in Raleigh to take on the NC State Wolfpack on ESPN. Get a preview and a prediction.
FLORIDA NEWS
The state’s school voucher program has exhibited “a myriad of accountability problems” and caused a funding shortfall for public schools, a state audit released this week shows.
NATIONAL NEWS
President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) at the White House today. It comes after the Nov. 4 mayoral election drew more than 2 million ballots—the city’s largest turnout in over 50 years.
US employers added 119,000 nonfarm jobs in September, more than the 50,000 jobs economists had forecast, per delayed jobs report; unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, the highest level since October 2021 (More).
US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -1.6%, Dow -0.8%, Nasdaq -2.2%); bitcoin falls to lowest value since April (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
Porter displayed her true colors at the Hamas/Hezbollah gathering on FSU's campus earlier this year. She waives their flags. THAT is why she should never be reelected.
She is an idiot, and if she gets re-elected, I hope the people get exactly what they voted for...long and hard.
Recall Jackboot Porter!
"City Commissioner Porter votes against accepting federal funds for local police officers."
Did Commissioner Porter offer any alternative ideas or plans to address crime? If, as she stated, her position is that law enforcement is not a sustainable or evidence-based way of address crime, then what is? I'm all for considering a better way, but what is it and is there empirical data to support that sustainable or evidence-based way?
Opposition is not a solution.