The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Friday, June 27, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

Tallahassee’ Real Talk 93.3 radio station is being sold to Jon Jopling, the current President & CEO of Panama City based Magic Broadcasting. Jopling resides in Tallahassee

Steve Stewart discusses the latest Leon County charter school controversy.

Tallahassee’s first and only pre-professional women’s soccer team is chasing a playoff spot in both the USL W League and WPSL, and on June 28, they’ll host a high-stakes doubleheader in Tallahassee.

FLORIDA NEWS

DeSantis weighs in on NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary election. “But I will tell you, if that leftist does win, you’re going to see Palm Beach real estate go up another 20%…”

Florida is working with university leaders from five other Southern states to form a new higher-education accrediting body, Gov. Ron DeSantis and officials from the other states announced Thursday.

NATIONAL NEWS

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that South Carolina can lawfully remove Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program, barring patients from suing to protect their choice of healthcare provider. The 6-3 decision, split along ideological lines, found that while Medicaid guarantees access to any “qualified and willing” provider, federal law does not give patients the legal right to sue the state to enforce that provision.

Iran’s centrifuges at Fordo are no longer operational, per UN watchdog’s head, citing their susceptibility to vibrations (More).

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.8%, Dow +0.9%, Nasdaq +1.0%); S&P 500, Nasdaq briefly trade above all-time closing highs as White House signals July 8-9 tariff deadlines could be extended (More).

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