The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Friday, July 19, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

Leon County Commission Meeting Briefs: Miccosukee Greenway status report, Waste Pro, FY 2025 budget votes on employee raises and tax rate, Board appointments.

The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) (“St. Joe”) and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) recently announced the opening of the first building at the FSU/TMH Medical Campus in Panama City Beach, Florida.

A man is behind bars in connection to the death of his 2-month-old boy that happened earlier this year at Casa Bella Inn and Suites, according to Tallahassee Police.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

The Chaires Little League baseball team is heading to the state tournament for the third consecutive season. They hosted their final practice before the big weekend on Thursday.

FLORIDA NEWS

Less than two years into the job, University of Florida President Ben Sasse on Thursday announced he will step down July 31 because of his wife’s health.

Florida’s economy grew by $140.4 billion over the past year, reaching a gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.58 trillion, according to data from the Florida Chamber Foundation for 2023. Despite this increase, the state slipped from the 15th to the 16th largest economy in the world.

Amendment 3 will make ‘Florida the California of the east,’ the committee says. The anti-recreational pot effort now has a name: Vote No on 3. The new political committee launched this week “with the full support of the Governor,” promising “a vigorous and full-throated campaign” against the ballot measure to legalize marijuana for adults 21 years old and older.

NATIONAL NEWS

Former President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president yesterday. The public address capped the four-day Republican National Convention and marked Trump’s first public speech since Saturday’s assassination attempt.

Allies of Kamala Harris are engaged in a delicate, behind-the-scenes effort to make sure the vice president moves to the top of the ticket if President Joe Biden steps aside, according to five people involved in the project or with knowledge of the discussions.

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.8%, Dow -1.3%, Nasdaq -0.7%) as investors rotate out of AI-focused tech stocks and into smaller cap stocks (More).

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