{"id":80971,"date":"2025-12-12T15:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/80971\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:07:07","slug":"friday-december-12-2025-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/80971\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, December 12, 2025 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F12%2F12%2Fthe-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-friday-december-12-2025%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+Friday%2C+December+12%2C+2025 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/12\/the-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-friday-december-12-2025\/\" 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>The Leon County school system <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/12\/supreme-court-urged-to-nix-leon-county-school-gender-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this week urged the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> to reject a high-profile appeal by a couple who allege their rights were violated after a child wanted to express a gender identity and use pronouns the parents didn\u2019t support.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Stewart discusses the 3-2 vote to sell the golf course to Capital City Country Club.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>LOCAL SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>As the high school golf season comes to a close, <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/12\/leon-countys-top-girl-high-school-golfers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee Reports is highlighting the top girls golfers across Leon County.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FLORIDA NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Florida had a 3.9 percent unemployment <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/12\/florida-september-jobless-rate-at-3-9-percent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rate in September, the state said Thursday<\/a> after a delay in releasing numbers because of this fall\u2019s federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>A proposal that would require all Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/12\/e-verify-expansion-teed-up-in-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">private employers to use the federal E-Verify system<\/a> to check the immigration status of new workers is ready to go to the full House after the 2026 legislative session starts.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>The oil tanker seized by the US military this week had been\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43008237.2893698\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzL2N5OGp2bGw5ajgxby5hbXA_JmF0X2JiY190ZWFtPXN0dWRpb3MmYXRfbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlscyZhdF9vYmplY3RpdmU9YXdhcmVuZXNzJmF0X3B0cl9uYW1lPTE0NDAmYXRfbGlua19vcmlnaW49MTQ0MCZhdF9jYW1wYWlnbj0xNDQwcmVmZXImdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9ODI2NTM3JnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB46565200\" target=\"_blank\">carrying sanctioned oil<\/a>\u00a0from Iran to Cuba and had a history of hiding its location, according to a\u00a0maritime analytics firm.<\/p>\n<p>Senate fails to pass\u00a0competing Republican, Democratic bills to extend enhanced, COVID-era subsidies for healthcare premiums purchased through the Affordable Care Act; subsidies are due to expire Dec. 31 (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43008237.2893698\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmJjbmV3cy5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvY29uZ3Jlc3Mvc2VuYXRlLXJlamVjdHMtYWNhLWZ1bmRpbmctcmVwdWJsaWNhbi1hbHRlcm5hdGl2ZS1wcmVtaXVtcy1zZXQtc3Bpa2UtcmNuYTI0ODQ5Nz91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBfcfe6560\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>US stock markets\u00a0close mixed (S&amp;P 500 +0.2%, Dow +1.3%, Nasdaq -0.3%), with Dow and S&amp;P 500 notching records (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43008237.2893698\/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xpdmUvc3RvY2stbWFya2V0LXRvZGF5LWRvdy1qdW1wcy02NTAtcG9pbnRzLXRvLXBvc3QtcmVjb3JkLXNwLTUwMC1jbGltYnMtYWJvdmUtNjkwMC1mb3ItZmlyc3QtdGltZS0yMTAwNTExODQuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB9d1efc66\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE WEATHER<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/weather-1212.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242135\" width=\"611\" height=\"279\"  \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F12%2F12%2Fthe-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-friday-december-12-2025%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+Friday%2C+December+12%2C+2025 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/12\/the-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-friday-december-12-2025\/\" 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; 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