LOCAL NEWS
The City of Tallahassee has agreed to sell the Capitol City Country Club golf course to the club for about $1.2 million.
FLORIDA NEWS
In his final budget proposal, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday rolled out a $117.36 billion plan for the 2026-2027 fiscal year that includes increased money for teachers and law-enforcement officers.
NATIONAL NEWS
The Department of Homeland Security signed a $140M contract to purchase six Boeing 737 planes that the agency will use for deportations, reports revealed yesterday. DHS penned the deal with Daedalus Aviation—a Virginia-based company whose leadership also signed a separate, nearly $1B contract with the agency to support self-deportations.
US military seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela after President Donald Trump calls on President Nicolás Maduro to step down; Trump suggests strikes on Venezuelan territory could begin “very soon” (More).
The Federal Reserve announced a quarter-percentage-point cut in benchmark rates yesterday, bringing the range to between 3.5% and 3.75%. Markets closed higher on the news (S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow +1.1%, Nasdaq +0.3%).
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