{"id":120584,"date":"2026-01-16T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120584\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:54:09","slug":"friday-january-16-2026-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120584\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, January 16, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F01%2F16%2Fthe-tr-daily-briefs-friday-january-16-2026%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+Friday%2C+January+16%2C+2026 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/16\/the-tr-daily-briefs-friday-january-16-2026\/\" 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\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242319\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE REPORTS<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Friday, January 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 57. Tonight, a low around 43. Saturday, a 50 percent chance of showers with a high near 65. Saturday night a low around 38. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunday, rain likely, high near 46. <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 close higher (S&amp;P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.3%) (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43573665.2896057\/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xpdmUvc3RvY2stbWFya2V0LXRvZGF5LWRvdy1zcC01MDAtbmFzZGFxLXJpc2UtYXMtdHNtYy1ib29zdHMtYWktaG9wZXMtYmFuay1zdG9ja3MtcmFsbHktMTk1MDQ5MTc2Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB81c2fddd\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Local Sports: Florida State All-American wide receiver Peter Warrick will join the College Football Hall of Fame in December after being selected for induction Wednesday by the National Football Foundation. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/16\/peter-warrick-named-to-college-football-hall-of-fame\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Local &amp; State News<\/p>\n<p>Steve Stewart discusses the latest campaign contribution reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>More on hospital vote: The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with transferring Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare\u2019s assets to Florida State University. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/wfsu-local-news\/2026-01-15\/tallahassee-commission-moves-forward-with-tmh-sale-price-in-fsu-health-talks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WFSU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FSU-Medical.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242668\" width=\"353\" height=\"212\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A House proposal to let voters decide on phasing out non-school homestead property taxes advanced Thursday as lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis work toward a November ballot measure. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/16\/proposal-backed-to-phase-out-property-taxes\/\" 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\/2026\/01\/StateCapital.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204727\" width=\"384\" height=\"243\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>First-time unemployment claims increased in Florida as the state emerged from the end-of-year holiday period. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/16\/jobless-claims-up-after-holidays\/\" 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\/2026\/01\/Jobs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-222687\" width=\"393\" height=\"207\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>National News<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43573665.2896057\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvaW1taWdyYXRpb24tY3JhY2tkb3duLW1pbm5lc290YS1zaG9vdGluZ3MtcmVuZWUtZ29vZC1hMGMzNjgwNzljMTA2YjU5OTI0NTk5NmZkZWQ4YzFiOT91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBe35387d4\" target=\"_blank\">threatened to invoke<\/a>\u00a0the Insurrection Act to end ongoing protests in Minneapolis against federal immigration enforcement. The 1807 law empowers the president to deploy the military domestically under specific circumstances (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43573665.2896057\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3dlZWsuY29tL2luc3VycmVjdGlvbi1hY3QtZXhwbGFpbmVkLXdoYXQtdG8ta25vdy1hcy10cnVtcC10aHJlYXRlbnMtdG8taW52b2tlLTExMzY2MjQ1P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB1f0b4a06\" target=\"_blank\">details here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/43573665.2896057\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXNwbi5jb20vbWVucy1jb2xsZWdlLWJhc2tldGJhbGwvc3RvcnkvXy9pZC80NzYxOTE1NC9tYW55LWNvbGxlZ2UtcGxheWVycy0yMC1jaGFyZ2VkLXBvaW50LXNoYXZpbmctc2NoZW1lP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBa9ca939f\" target=\"_blank\">have charged<\/a>\u00a026 people in an alleged multiyear scheme to fix at least 29 basketball games in the US and China, accusing them of manipulating games to generate illegal betting profits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F01%2F16%2Fthe-tr-daily-briefs-friday-january-16-2026%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+Friday%2C+January+16%2C+2026 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/16\/the-tr-daily-briefs-friday-january-16-2026\/\" 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 Friday, January 16, 2026 Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 57. Tonight, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-120584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}