The TR Daily Briefs: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Weather: Today, high near 59, chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight, low around 38. Thursday, partly sunny, high near 47. Thursday night, patchy frost after 5am, low around 23. NWS

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow -0.8%, Nasdaq -0.1%) as JPMorgan Chase kicks off earnings season; shares in America’s biggest bank fell 4.2% after missing estimates and reporting a $2.2B hit from Apple Card deal (More) .

Local Sports: Florida State has hired veteran special teams coach Adam Scheier as the Seminoles’ new special teams coordinator, head coach Mike Norvell announced Monday. Get the details.

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Local & State News

A review of the original lease between the City of Tallahassee and what is now Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, first signed in 1979, shows the parties agreed on terms that provided for various levels of accountability. Despite these terms, the record shows that the City of Tallahassee and hospital officials failed to keep the citizens of Tallahassee and Leon County informed about the operations of their community hospital. Read more.

The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) has arrested four individuals from Texas connected to a series of burglaries targeting Family Dollar stores across North Florida thanks to License Plate Reader (LPR) technology. Read more.

Neal Dunn has decided to retire from Congress. In a statement posted to social media, Dunn says he has decided against seeking re-election in this year’s midterms. Read more.

Republican legislative leaders opened the 2026 session Tuesday by emphasizing efforts to make life more affordable for Floridians.

Gov. Ron DeSantis used his final State of the State address Tuesday to highlight achievements from the past seven years while offering few specifics on priorities for the 2026 legislative session.

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National News

The five-year cancer survival rate in the US has reached 70% for the first time, according to an American Cancer Society report released yesterday. The figure, based on diagnoses from 2015 to 2021, is up from 49% in the mid-1970s and 63% in the mid-1990s.

Trump administration announces it will end temporary protected status for Somali nationals, a program dating back to 1991; an estimated 2,500 Somalis with TPS status will be required to leave the US by March 17 (More).