{"id":101232,"date":"2025-12-31T14:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101232\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:44:10","slug":"wednesday-december-31-2025-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/101232\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, December 31, 2025 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F12%2F31%2Fthe-tr-daily-briefs-wednesday-december-31-2025%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The+TR+Daily+Briefs%3A+Wednesday%2C+December+31%2C+2025 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-tr-daily-briefs-wednesday-december-31-2025\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TR.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE REPORTS<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Wednesday, December 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Today\u2019s Weather: Sunny, with a high near 55. Tonight Clear, with a low around 33. New Year\u2019s Day sunny, with a high near 64. <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=30.4407&amp;lon=-84.2783\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>US stock markets:\u00a0The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell slightly on December 30, 2025. The index closed at 48,367.06, marking a decline of 94.87 points, or 0.2%, from the previous session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Local &amp; State News<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee State College (TSC) today welcomed the appointment of\u00a0Sara Bayliss\u00a0and\u00a0Jonathan Rees, and the reappointment of\u00a0Karen Moore, to the Tallahassee State College District Board of Trustees, as announced by\u00a0Governor\u00a0Ron DeSantis. Bayliss and Rees will replace long-time trustees Jonathan Kilpatrick and Frank Messersmith. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/31\/governor-desantis-announces-appointments-to-tsc-district-board-of-trustees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240029\" width=\"418\" height=\"239\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>With the Cross Country season coming to an end, Tallahassee Reports has ranked the top Leon County runners for the 2025-2026 season. Listed below are the boys runners ranked based on performances at notable meets. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/31\/top-boys-leon-county-cross-country-runners-for-the-2025-2026-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis will choose from among six finalists \u2014 including five current or former appellate judges \u2014 to replace longtime Justice Charles Canady on the Florida Supreme Court.<a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/31\/six-supreme-court-finalists-teed-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Florida-Supreme-Court.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226780\" width=\"408\" height=\"286\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>National News<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s administration announced on Tuesday that it\u2019s freezing childcare funds to Minnesota and demanding\u00a0an audit of some day care centers after a series of fraud schemes involving government programs in recent years. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/minnesota-child-care-funds-fraud-b511941de10f02fbb7349eff6738f748\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest in a month, but the unemployment rate likely remained high in December amid sluggish hiring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-1-month-low-2025-12-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F12%2F31%2Fthe-tr-daily-briefs-wednesday-december-31-2025%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The+TR+Daily+Briefs%3A+Wednesday%2C+December+31%2C+2025 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/31\/the-tr-daily-briefs-wednesday-december-31-2025\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; TALLAHASSEE REPORTS Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Today\u2019s Weather: Sunny, with a high near 55. 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