{"id":373714,"date":"2026-08-17T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373714\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:40:08","slug":"the-tr-daily-briefs-monday-august-17-2026-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373714\/","title":{"rendered":"The TR Daily Briefs: Monday, August 17, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Monday, August 17, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-cf95c857-7ea9-41df-a963-6e080a90f52e\">Weather: Today, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm, with a high near 97. Tonight, a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, with a low around 78. Tuesday, showers and thunderstorms likely, with a high near 98. Tuesday Night, showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, with a low around 78.  <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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-cddbf048-c6ef-45fb-9ee8-d99bbde682ce\">US stock markets close down Friday (S&amp;P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.3%); slip comes a day after the S&amp;P 500 crossed 7,800 for the first time (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/47066307.1804625\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyNi8wOC8xMy9zdG9jay1tYXJrZXQtdG9kYXktbGl2ZS11cGRhdGVzLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB3a6163d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Local &amp; State News<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICYMI: TR took a look at the statements and actions by the local candidates and developed an ideology guide to Tallahassee\u2019s city commission elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/08\/05\/stewart-an-ideology-guide-to-tallahassees-city-commission-elections\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tallahassee metropolitan housing market continued to post stronger home price growth than the statewide average in June, even as the number of homes sold declined, according to the latest report from Florida Realtors. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/08\/14\/tallahassee-home-prices-outpace-state-as-sales-slow-in-june\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has submitted for judicial review a rewritten version of the title and ballot summary for Amendment 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/08\/17\/toned-down-amendment-3-ballot-language-ready-for-another-judicial-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National News<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Centcom Commander Adm. Brad Cooper visited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/47066307.1804625\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvZGVmZW5zZS82MDMxNzEyLWFkbS1jb29wZXItdmlzaXRzLXVzcy1hYnJhaGFtLWxpbmNvbG4vP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB9a00cf94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the USS Abraham Lincoln<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday in light of allegations of poor conditions on the ship. Cooper praised US service members for their role in the war and claimed the Lincoln had among the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/47066307.1804625\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyNi8wOC8xNi90b3AtdXMtY29tbWFuZGVyLWFja25vd2xlZGdlcy1tZW50YWwtaGVhbHRoLWlzc3Vlcy1vbi11c3MtbGluY29sbi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB78dfe6ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">lowest numbers<\/a>\u00a0of mental health cases among US aircraft carriers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US health officials inspect\u00a0Taylor Farms central processing plant in Mexico as part of cyclosporiasis investigation; outbreak, linked to iceberg lettuce, linked to nearly 9,500 cases and two deaths (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/47066307.1804625\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudXNhdG9kYXkuY29tL3N0b3J5L25ld3MvaGVhbHRoLzIwMjYvMDgvMTUvZmRhLXRheWxvci1mYXJtcy1wbGFudC1sZXR0dWNlLWN5Y2xvc3BvcmEvOTEzMTgxNjQwMDcvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB84b8ad25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Monday, August 17, 2026 Weather: Today, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm,&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-373714","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\/373714","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=373714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373714\/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=373714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}