The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, August 12, 2024

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, August 12, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

Over 70% of the donations to City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow’s PAC, in support of Jack Porter and Dot Inman-Johnson, comes from a progressive California group.

Two campaign mailers sent to voters in Northeast Tallahassee, supporting Dot Inman-Johnson for city commission, are being funded by a California progressive group called the Green Advocacy Group.

LOCAL SPORTS

Casey Krueger, Jenna Nighswonger, and Emily Sams helped the United States win the gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday by defeating Brazil 1-0. The win marks the first-time former Seminoles have claimed a major international championship with Team USA.

FLORIDA NEWS

Gov. Ron DeSantis formally endorsed 54 Florida sheriffs on Friday as part of his 2024 re-election strategy, noting that the supported sheriffs embody his commitment to enforcing the law and maintaining public safety.

Hurricane Debby caused $28 billion in damage and economic losses across the United States, according to an AccuWeather preliminary estimate published on Friday. The $28 billion estimate encompasses both direct damage—such as property destruction and infrastructure losses—and indirect economic impacts, including disruptions to the tourism industry during its peak season, supply chain interruptions, and lost wages. 

NATIONAL NEWS

Five major questions facing Kamala Harris now. After three weeks of unbelievable momentum, Harris now faces the huge — and historically unusual — challenge of sustaining the energy of a fresh campaign for a 90-day sprint into Election Day.

The US ended the Paris 2024 Olympics with 40 gold medals yesterday, tying China for the most gold but winning the overall medal count with 126, compared to China’s 91. Japan trailed in third place with 20 gold medals. 

US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.5%) ending markets’ most volatile week this year amid concerns over the Federal Reserve’s pace of rate cuts (More).

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER

5 Responses to "The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, August 12, 2024"

  1. @ Resident Since 1990 = Exactly, and PAC Money should be illegal or at the very least, PAC’s should be considered a Business and should only be allowed to give up to the $1,000 Limit and no more.

  2. David Hawkins- Kamala does not support any of Trump’s policies. Anything she says that remotely sounds like Trump’s policies is a lie to get votes. That’s what Democrats do best.

  3. I just do not understand why our local city election candidates seem to receive so much out of state, (especially California) money to get elected to serve our local community.

    Why is this legal?

    What decisions/favors are expected from our local candidates in return for national funds?
    Thank you, TR, for reporting this.

    Our local legacy media monitors this site and sits on their butts while they lose customers and employees because they won’t report this to their uniformed reader base
    .
    And that uniformed base continues to pull the “D” lever in the voting booth.

  4. I just hope the Voters have been keeping up with Kamala Harris’s Polices for the past 5 Years. She has been pushing Biden’s Policies fully 100% without hesitation or question and Bashing all of Trump’s Polices the whole time. NOW, she is starting to push Trump’s Policies but I am sure it is all Talk.

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