LOCAL NEWS
Six months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 36.8% when compared to incident data from January thru June in 2024.
Steve Stewart discusses poll results related to cell phones in schools and speed enforcement cameras.
First Tee – Tallahassee recently announced the award of $300,000 in state appropriations to support and expand its youth development initiatives across the Big Bend region.
FLORIDA NEWS
The U.S. Supreme Court should reject a request by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to at least temporarily allow enforcement of a new law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state, attorneys for plaintiffs challenging the law argued Wednesday.
A divided federal appeals court Wednesday backed a 2023 Florida law that requires teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth, rejecting arguments that the law violated First Amendment rights of a transgender teacher in Hillsborough County.
NATIONAL NEWS
Tomorrow marks 249 years since the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Founding Father and second president John Adams expected it would be celebrated on July 2—the day delegates voted to break from Great Britain—but the idea didn’t catch on. Today, the Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks and barbecues, though some celebrate in more peculiar ways.
Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16M to settle President Donald Trump’s lawsuit with subsidiary CBS News. The deal ends the dispute over an October 2024 “60 Minutes” interview in which CBS edited then-Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments on Gaza.
US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +1.0%); S&P 500 hits new record (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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