{"id":200053,"date":"2026-03-21T04:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200053\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:23:59","slug":"tuesday-march-17-2026-tallahassee-reports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200053\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, March 17, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 17, 2026<\/p>\n

Weather: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 31. Wednesday, increasing clouds, with a high near 60.
Wednesday night, mostly cloudy during the early evening, low around 37. NWS<\/a><\/p>\n

US stock markets\u00a0close higher (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.8%, Nasdaq +1.2%) as US crude oil prices fell over 5% to settle at $93.50 per barrel (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Local & State News<\/p>\n

Opinion: On Wednesday, the Tallahassee City Commission voted to approve the transfer of Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare\u2019s assets to Florida State University to advance the creation of an integrated academic health ecosystem. This decision marks an important milestone, but it is only the beginning.\u00a0Details.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Leon County School Board was briefed about a new policy governing how high school student-athletes may profit from their name, image and likeness, aligning local rules with state law and the regulations of the Florida High School Athletic Association. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n

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A group of sheriffs on a state immigration enforcement board sharply criticized the federal government\u2019s mass deportation efforts Monday, a stark departure from hardline policies in Florida. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Florida lawmakers put forward just under 2,000 bills and resolutions as they entered the 2026 legislative session. Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pump prices in Florida increased 27 cents over the past week and have grown 82 cents since the on-going conflict with Iran began. Details<\/a><\/p>\n

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National News<\/p>\n

Union workers went on strike yesterday at one of the US\u2019\u00a0largest meatpacking plants<\/a>. Roughly 3,800 workers walked out of the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, Colorado.<\/p>\n

White House Chief of Staff\u00a0Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with breast cancer, will continue working throughout treatment, President Donald Trump reveals (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE REPORTS Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Weather: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Tonight, mostly clear,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-200053","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\/200053","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=200053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}