The TR Daily Briefs: Friday, January 16, 2026

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS

Friday, January 16, 2026

Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 57. Tonight, a low around 43. Saturday, a 50 percent chance of showers with a high near 65. Saturday night a low around 38. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunday, rain likely, high near 46. NWS

US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.3%) (More).

Local Sports: Florida State All-American wide receiver Peter Warrick will join the College Football Hall of Fame in December after being selected for induction Wednesday by the National Football Foundation. Get the details.

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Local & State News

Steve Stewart discusses the latest campaign contribution reports.

More on hospital vote: The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with transferring Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare’s assets to Florida State University. WFSU

A House proposal to let voters decide on phasing out non-school homestead property taxes advanced Thursday as lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis work toward a November ballot measure. Read more.

First-time unemployment claims increased in Florida as the state emerged from the end-of-year holiday period. Read more.

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National News

President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to end ongoing protests in Minneapolis against federal immigration enforcement. The 1807 law empowers the president to deploy the military domestically under specific circumstances (details here). 

Federal prosecutors have charged 26 people in an alleged multiyear scheme to fix at least 29 basketball games in the US and China, accusing them of manipulating games to generate illegal betting profits.