The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Friday, March 7, 2025

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Friday, March 7, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

According to information tabulated by Leon County’s Office of Economic Vitality (OEV), the number of single-family home sales in the Tallahassee MSA was up 10.1% in January 2025 when compared to January 2024.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

Check out the top high school track and field results for each individual event by an athlete competing for a Leon County school. All of the results were gathered from the TFRSS website and updated up to March 4th.

FLORIDA NEWS

After fierce — and expensive — political battles last year about abortion rights and recreational marijuana, Florida lawmakers Thursday began moving forward with a proposal that would place additional restrictions on the ballot-initiative process.

NATIONAL NEWS

A broad tax on imports from Canada and Mexico was reversed yesterday by President Donald Trump, extending until April 2 a 25% tax on goods coming to the US. The decision comes less than 48 hours after levies were placed on goods coming from both countries. 

US House censures Rep. Al Green (D, TX-9) for disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress; Green becomes 28th member of the House to receive the congressional rebuke (More). 

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -1.8%, Dow -1.0%, Nasdaq -2.6%) as latest tariff concessions fail to quell investor concerns; Nasdaq enters correction territory, down over 10% from record high in December (More).

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