{"id":87192,"date":"2025-12-17T21:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87192\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:37:11","slug":"wednesday-december-17-2025-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87192\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, December 17, 2025 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2025%2F12%2F17%2Fthe-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-wednesday-december-17-2025%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+Wednesday%2C+December+17%2C+2025 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/17\/the-tallahassee-reports-daily-briefs-wednesday-december-17-2025\/\" 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 id=\"block-44b5c04c-dd5f-4dff-a89e-37e09cba710e\">LOCAL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Florida State University and Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad have <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/16\/fsu-city-agree-to-proposed-terms-for-transfer-of-city-owned-hospital-assets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreed to a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) <\/a>that will serve as the basis for the transfer of all city-owned hospital assets currently leased to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Inc. (TMH)<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a20c1c28-1c30-4f37-954c-c7216577b6df\">FLORIDA NEWS<\/p>\n<p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a lawsuit alleging an executive order<a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/16\/muslim-rights-group-challenges-desantis-order\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis that designated the group as a \u201cterrorist\u201d organization<\/a> is unconstitutionally \u201cpunitive and discriminatory\u201d and exceeded the governor\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n<p>With a judge slated to hear arguments this week, the state is trying to short-circuit constitutional challenges to a new law that <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/16\/state-takes-aim-at-growth-law-challenges\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blocks cities and counties from approving \u201cmore restrictive or burdensome\u201d changes to growth plans.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LOCAL SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee Alumni: <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2025\/12\/17\/tallahassee-alumni-florida-highs-tre-donaldson-and-tonie-morgan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida High\u2019s Tre Donaldson and Tonie Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-c73c57da-b029-4612-b123-3e87b24f8af3\">NATIONAL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Australian authorities yesterday said Sunday\u2019s mass shooting at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah event, which killed at least 15 people, was a terrorist attack\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43081674.2904573\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmJjbmV3cy5jb20vd29ybGQvYXVzdHJhbGlhL2JvbmRpLWJlYWNoLWF0dGFjay1zdXNwZWN0cy1mYXRoZXItc29uLXJjbmEyNDkyNTg_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB28eb6934\" target=\"_blank\">motivated by<\/a>\u00a0Islamic State ideology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices fall\u00a0to $2.89 per gallon\u2014lowest level since April 2021\u2014amid higher supply and lower demand, partly due to improved vehicle fuel efficiency (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" 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loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/weather-1217.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242208\" width=\"646\" height=\"294\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Robbie_headshot3-150x150.jpg\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" alt=\"Robert Stewart\" class=\"avatar avatar-35 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-35 alignnone photo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 added by <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/author\/robert-stewart\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"author vcard\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Stewart<\/a> on December 17, 2025<br \/><a class=\"block\" href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/author\/robert-stewart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View all posts by Robert Stewart \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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