{"id":200269,"date":"2026-03-21T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:40:41","slug":"wednesday-march-18-2026-tallahassee-reports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200269\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, March 18, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 18, 2026<\/p>\n

Weather: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Tonight, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 38. Thursday, sunny, with a high near 71. Thursday night, mostly clear, with a low around 45. NWS<\/a><\/p>\n

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.5%) ahead of today\u2019s Federal Reserve interest rate decision (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Local & State News<\/p>\n

Many Florida public school districts are struggling with the double whammy of fewer dollars and fewer students. Leon County School Board Member Alva Smith says her district is among them. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"School<\/p>\n

ICYMI: Reports filed with the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) show that the Leon County School Board has added 47 School Administrator positions over a 6-year period while the number of students declined and the number of teachers were reduced. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"LCS<\/p>\n

A new Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics\u2019 from the State University System\u2019s Board of Governors will go over its goals and review potential pending action from the federal government on Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Florida<\/p>\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated online Monday he will sign legislation requiring Florida voters after the 2026 election to prove their citizenship at the ballot box.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lawsuit<\/p>\n

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National News<\/p>\n

Senate votes\u00a0to open\u00a0debate on the\u00a0SAVE America Act, which would require voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots and proof of citizenship to register for federal elections; debate is expected to last several days (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D)\u00a0defeated<\/a>\u00a0Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D, IL-8) and Rep. Robin Kelly (D, IL-2) in yesterday\u2019s competitive Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997 and is the No. 2 Senate Democrat. Stratton, Illinois\u2019 first Black lieutenant governor and a key ally of Gov. JB Pritzker (D), will face former state Republican Party chair\u00a0Don Tracy<\/a>\u00a0in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE REPORTS Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Weather: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Tonight, mostly cloudy,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-200269","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\/200269","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=200269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}