Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n
Tuesday, June 16, 2026<\/p>\n
Weather: Today, showers and thunderstorms, high near 89. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms, low around 73. Wednesday, showers and thunderstorms likely, high near 85. Wednesday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. NWS<\/a><\/p>\n US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.7%, Dow +0.9%, Nasdaq +3.1%), with Dow hitting a fresh record on potential Iran war deal (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Local & State News<\/p>\n According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family residential construction permits was up 43.5% in May 2026 when compared to May 2025. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n State economists project that a proposed property tax cut on November\u2019s ballot would reduce revenue for cities, counties and special taxing districts by nearly $5 billion in its first year and almost $12 billion by its fifth year if approved by voters. Details<\/a><\/p>\n Gas prices fell for a third straight week in Florida and the trend should continue as the U.S. announced a framework on Sunday for an agreement expected to end its war with Iran and reopen the flow of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Details<\/a><\/p>\n National News<\/p>\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)\u00a0says the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife over unspecified allegations; he characterizes the probe as politically motivated, citing a potential 2028 presidential run (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Eight\u00a0people\u00a0killed\u00a0after B-52 bomber crashes shortly after takeoff at US Air Force base in Southern California\u2019s\u00a0Mojave Desert; those on board included government contractors and uniformed military\u00a0personnel (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Weather: Today, showers and thunderstorms, high near 89. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-309097","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\/309097","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=309097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}