Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n
Thursday, April 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Weather: Today, a high near 88. Tonight, a low around 59. Friday, sunny, with a high near 88. Friday night, a low around 58. NWS<\/a><\/p>\n US stock markets\u00a0close mixed (S&P 500 +0.8%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq +1.6%); S&P 500 rises to new high\u00a0(More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Local Sports: On April 13 and 14, Chiles hosted the FHSAA 3A District 2 tournament involving six total teams at Tom Brown Park. Chiles won both district titles as a team for boys and girls while Leon finished runner-up in both the boys and girls divisions as well.\u00a0Details<\/a><\/p>\n Local & State News<\/p>\n The Leon County Commission voted 6-1 to revive a charter amendment that would address the historical harms caused by past Leon County government policies. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n LCS Seeks Renewal of Half-Penny Sales Tax, $500M in Revenue: The half-penny sales tax has been a longstanding funding source for local schools, first approved by voters in 2002 and renewed again in 2012. Since the last renewal, the tax has generated approximately $397 million in revenue to support school facilities and capital improvements. The current voter-approved funding authorization is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2027. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n Florida\u2019s special session on redistricting will be delayed one week, after Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation Wednesday postponing it and reviving a couple of his priorities that failed during the regular legislative session. Details<\/a><\/p>\n The Supreme Court of Florida released its February results for the Florida Bar exam, with nearly 62 percent of takers passing the test. Details <\/a><\/p>\n National News<\/p>\n President Donald Trump\u00a0signals peace talks with Iran could resume as US military enforces blockade on all commercial ships from Iran\u00a0(More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Jury finds Live Nation\u00a0and its subsidiary Ticketmaster illegally monopolized ticketing market and overcharged customers, with remedies pending; verdict was brought by 34 states and DC after Live Nation settled separately with the DOJ (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Thursday, April 16, 2026 Weather: Today, a high near 88. Tonight, a low around 59. Friday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-234273","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\/234273","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=234273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}