The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Thursday, October 17, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

The October 16th City Commission meeting briefs are now available.

The City Commission vote 4-1 to approve agreements with the firefighter union. Commissioner Jeremy Matlow voted no.

FLORIDA NEWS

During a debate this week between state Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, and Democratic opponent Daryl Parks, the challenger backtracked on previous lies against the Republican alleging he voted in favor of the six-week abortion ban.

More than 833,000 Floridians have cast mail-in ballots for the Nov. 5 elections, as early-voting sites prepare to open Monday in many counties. Data posted Thursday morning on the state Division of Elections website showed that elections supervisors had received 833,464 mail-in ballots. That included 355,709 ballots cast by Democrats and 307,822 cast by Republicans. Also, unaffiliated voters had cast 153,407 ballots, and third-party voters had cast 16,526. Early voting will start Monday in about three dozen counties, while it will be offered statewide as of Oct. 26.

NATIONAL NEWS

Amazon is investing $500M toward nuclear power to meet the rising energy demands of its data centers and artificial intelligence initiatives. Yesterday’s announcement comes two days after Google unveiled plans to purchase nuclear power and less than a month after Microsoft said it would reopen the Three Mile Island plant—home to the worst nuclear accident in US history—to fuel its AI efforts.

Politico: ‘Now I like him’: Some Black voters in Georgia see Trump as a real option. Republicans are working to turn out more new Trump voters.

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +0.3%); Dow reaches record close (More) 

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