The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, October 29, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

TMH releases statement addressing possible TSC seat on governance board of new academic medical center.

Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas offered public comment at the Leon County School Board meeting Tuesday evening addressing teacher pay increases and comments made by Board member Daryl Jones.

FLORIDA NEWS

Larry Keefe, the first executive director of Florida’s new State Board of Immigration Enforcement, exited his post Tuesday in what the governor’s office says was a planned move.

NATIONAL NEWS

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica’s southwest coast yesterday with 185 mph winds. The Category 5 storm is among the strongest Atlantic hurricanes and the most powerful to hit Jamaica since record-keeping began 174 years ago.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit yesterday against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, alleging the companies marketed Tylenol as safe for pregnant women without disclosing possible links between neurodevelopmental disorders and acetaminophen use. The lawsuit claims the companies violated consumer protection laws and cites recent public statements from President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.8%) ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut decision today (More).

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER