LOCAL NEWS
The City of Tallahassee will hold a budget workshop on Wednesday, April 16 in City Hall. Budget workshops are held each quarter to provide the status of the current budget compared to actual results and to provide the budget plan for the upcoming year. Get the details.
Today the city commission will take up the staff’s recommendation against initiating an eminent domain lawsuit to acquire the private property owned by Circle K Stores, Inc., located in the Canopy development.”
The City of Tallahassee is reporting that as of February 2025, total crime incidents declined 40% when compared to the same period in 2024. This decline follows a 20.1% decline in violent crime incidents in 2024 relative to 2023.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
Maclay Girls lacrosse season ends with district tournament loss.
FLORIDA NEWS
The chairman of a foundation tied to Hope Florida — First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature welfare-assistance program — said under oath Tuesday that “mistakes were made” with the foundation’s record-keeping, as a skirmish over the group’s finances continued to escalate.
A bill that would change how Florida evaluates the performance of its public schools was reported favorably by the Senate Pre K-12 Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Monday.
NATIONAL NEWS
President Donald Trump yesterday suggested he could revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status and classify it as a political entity after the university said it wouldn’t comply with requests to overhaul its policies and programs. Trump’s comments came a day after his administration said it would freeze $2.26B of Harvard’s multiyear funding, highlighting a broader conflict over academic independence and federal oversight.
US Justice Department unseals drug trafficking charges against two leaders of Mexican drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization, offering up to $8M for information leading to their arrest (More).
US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq -0.0%).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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