{"id":87986,"date":"2025-12-18T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87986\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:11:09","slug":"thursday-december-18-2025-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87986\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, December 18, 2025 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LOCAL NEWS<\/p>\n

City Commissioners Jeremy Matlow and Jack Porter released statements critical of the proposed deal <\/a>brokered between the City of Tallahassee and Florida State University involving the sale of city-owned hospital assets currently leased to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.<\/p>\n

Obituary: James White Hazlip, Jr. (Jim),<\/a> who was born in Greenville, Mississippi on June 23, 1950, and a former Leon County Public Works Department employee, has passed away.<\/p>\n

FLORIDA NEWS<\/p>\n

Without an appraised value presented, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet on Wednesday delegated the purchase of a nearly 11,000-acre conservation easement in Southwest Florida<\/a> to the state Department of Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n

A federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss most of a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist who was fired because of a social-media post after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.<\/a><\/p>\n

LOCAL SPORTS <\/p>\n

The latest MaxPreps high school basketball rankings are out. Get the details.<\/a><\/p>\n

NATIONAL NEWS<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump gave a prime-time\u00a0address to the nation\u00a0yesterday<\/a> to highlight his administration\u2019s work on the economy, health care, and immigration.<\/p>\n

House passes bill\u00a0to lower healthcare premiums; bill does not extend enhanced, COVID-19-era subsidies, due to expire Dec. 31 (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n

US stock markets\u00a0close lower (S&P 500 -1.2%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq -1.8%) (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER<\/p>\n

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