{"id":193490,"date":"2026-03-16T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193490\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:02:10","slug":"monday-march-16-2026-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193490\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, March 16, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F03%2F16%2Fthe-tr-daily-briefs-monday-march-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+Monday%2C+March+16%2C+2026 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/16\/the-tr-daily-briefs-monday-march-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>TALLAHASSEE REPORTS<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"block-bf1d1f87-97a1-4602-9de0-287ea47d53b6\">Monday, March 16, 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-7deb9049-844c-40b2-9786-222dc53c5b5f\">Weather: Today, showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, temperature falling to around 51 by 5pm. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Tuesday, mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Tuesday night, a low around 33.  <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 id=\"block-ecd9edca-d377-43d8-a6f7-c6ba084d8bd8\">US stock markets\u00a0continue downward trend Friday (S&amp;P 500 -0.6%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.9%) amid ongoing disruption from Iran war; S&amp;P down 5% from record high in late January (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44709782.2878061\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyNi8wMy8xMi9zdG9jay1tYXJrZXQtdG9kYXktbGl2ZS11cGRhdGVzLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBc58ba5d4\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"block-deafe935-e481-49e6-b35c-2c362a9c7386\">________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Local &amp; State News<\/p>\n<p>Steve Stewart discusses the latest Leon County Commission meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>The latest TR print edition is out. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TR-Header-315.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243812\" width=\"287\" height=\"260\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Florida is finally eligible for a $608 million federal grant to help pay for the state\u2019s migrant lockups after the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/16\/fema-lifts-environmental-hold-on-608m-grant-for-alligator-alcatraz-deportation-depot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lifted an environmental funding hold that had stalled the dollars for months.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Alligator-Alcatraz.png\" alt=\"FEMA lifts environmental hold on $608M grant for \u2018Alligator Alcatraz,\u2019 \u2018Deportation Depot\u2019\" width=\"284\" height=\"196\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the GOP\u2019s supermajority and Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 push for aggressive conservative bills, <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/16\/sine-die-2026-legislators-end-session-but-have-unfinished-business\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House and Senate leaders clashed over several issues and haven\u2019t entered formal budget negotiations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FlCapital-701x526.jpg\" alt=\"Sine Die 2026: Legislators End Session, But Have Unfinished Business\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"block-ec50f743-1178-4ecb-a11c-03c69d6bb834\">____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>National News<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched a wave of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44709782.2878061\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvaW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC81Nzg1MzA0LWlkZi1hdC1sZWFzdC0zLW1vcmUtd2Vla3MtaXJhbi1vcGVyYXRpb24vYW1wLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBd2aa1be4\" target=\"_blank\">new airstrikes<\/a>\u00a0against Iran and Lebanon yesterday, claiming more than 7,000 strikes since the war began late last month. The country says it plans to strike thousands of additional targets, anticipating at least three more weeks of hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban protesters vandalize\u00a0Communist Party offices in the city of Moron, east of Havana, amid ongoing blackouts worsened by US fuel blockade (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/44709782.2878061\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZHcuY29tL2VuL2N1YmEtcHJvdGVzdGVycy1hdHRhY2stcnVsaW5nLXBhcnR5cy1vZmZpY2UtYW1pZC1ibGFja291dHMvYS03NjM2MzUxMz91dG1fc291cmNlPWpvaW4xNDQwJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3BsYWNlbWVudD1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnVzZXJfaWQ9NjZjNGM3M2E1ZDc4NjQ0YjNhYmJhOTlj\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB55ad6e6a\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F03%2F16%2Fthe-tr-daily-briefs-monday-march-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+Monday%2C+March+16%2C+2026 https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/03\/16\/the-tr-daily-briefs-monday-march-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 Monday, March 16, 2026 Weather: Today, showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, temperature falling to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-193490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193490","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=193490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}