{"id":6379,"date":"2025-10-16T11:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6379\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:10:07","slug":"thursday-october-16-2025-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6379\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, October 16, 2025 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F10%2F16%2Fthe-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-thursday-october-16-2025%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+Tallahassee+Reports+Daily+Briefs%3A+Thursday%2C+October+16%2C+2025 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/10\/16\/the-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-thursday-october-16-2025\/\" 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>LOCAL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee,<a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/10\/15\/single-family-construction-permits-trending-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the number of single-family new construction permits were down 6.1%<\/a> in September 2025<\/p>\n<p>Lively Technical College, in partnership with Leon County Schools, recently announced<a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/10\/15\/lively-technical-college-launches-welding-program-at-chiles-high-school\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the opening of a new state-of-the-art welding facility at Chiles High School,<\/a> made possible through a $631,000 grant from the Florida Department of Education (DOE).<\/p>\n<p>FLORIDA NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Sounding as desperate as he ever has since <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/10\/16\/corrections-seeks-500-million-to-maintain-operations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">being appointed four years ago, Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Secretary Ricky Dixon<\/a> asked a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday for more than $512 million for next fiscal year to maintain the prison system.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s conservative majority yesterday\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/42021120.2972016\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvc3VwcmVtZS1jb3VydC12b3RpbmctcmlnaHRzLWxvdWlzaWFuYS1yYWNlLTk2M2MwMDJmY2I4YTM1YWZlMzZiMmUxNDExMWNiODhlP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB501a263b\" target=\"_blank\">appeared poised<\/a>\u00a0to weaken a 1965 Voting Rights Act provision used to require states to consider racial makeup when drawing voting districts.<\/p>\n<p>Federal judge\u00a0temporarily blocks Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown, following a lawsuit filed earlier this month by several unions (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/42021120.2972016\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNhdG9kYXkuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyNS8xMC8xNS9qdWRnZS1ibG9ja3MtdHJ1bXAtbGF5b2Zmcy1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LXNodXRkb3duLzg2NzExNjIxMDA3Lz91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB33e78df7\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>US stock markets close mixed (S&amp;P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.0%, Nasdaq +0.7%) amid ongoing concerns over US-China trade relations and a government shutdown (More)<\/p>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE WEATHER<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"999\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/weather-1016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-241344\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/f2a7969a240b1ebde4dd06f45d3a6b54\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" alt=\"Avatar\" class=\"avatar avatar-35 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-35 photo avatar-default\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Thursday, October 16, 2025 added by <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/author\/steve\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"author vcard\" target=\"_blank\">Staff<\/a> on October 16, 2025<br \/><a class=\"block\" href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/author\/steve\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View all posts by Staff \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F10%2F16%2Fthe-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-thursday-october-16-2025%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\" 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