The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

Despite the year-to-date declines, over the last three months violent crime incidents related to assaults are up when compared to the same type of incidents reported from January to June. 

The City of Tallahassee recently announced the winter sports schedule. Winter sports registration is now open at Talgov.com/Parks.

The city commission recently voted 5-0 to ratify appointments to the Commission on the Status of Women & Girls.

FLORIDA NEWS

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier led 21 states in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday supporting a Tallahassee mother who claimed her rights were violated when a local middle school created a secret plan supporting her child switching genders.

Florida’s general-revenue tax collections in August topped expectations by 3.4 percent.

NATIONAL NEWS

Federal government shutdown enters seventh day after Senate fails to pass either of two competing stopgap bills; Republican-led bill failed 52-42, with Democratic bill failing 50-45 (More).

Delegates from Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Egypt yesterday to hash out sticking points in a US-led 20-point proposal to forge a ceasefire and arrange a hostage-prisoner exchange. The negotiations—mediated by the US, Qatar, and Egypt—kicked off on the eve of the war’s second anniversary. 

US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.7%) as the federal government shutdown enters its second week (More). 

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