The TR Daily Briefs: Monday, February 16, 2026

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS

Monday, February 16, 2026

Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 71. Tonight, low around 47. Tuesday, sunny, a high near 72. Tuesday night, increasing clouds, with a low around 53. NWS

US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.2%) after cooler-than-expected inflation data (More).

Local Sports: On Feb. 12, the Chiles High School tennis team defeated Leon High School in both the boys and girls matches, improving to 3-0 and 2-1 on the season, respectively. Details.

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Local & State News

On Wednesday the Tallahassee city commission will consider the implementation of the Air Service Incentive & Capacity Improvements program.

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A proposal to compensate the families of the “Groveland Four” is headed to the Senate floor, while the House has yet to act on the effort.

The Florida House and Senate in the last 24 hours released dueling state budget plans that are about $1 billion apart, with the House proposing to spend $113.6 billion and the Senate $115 billion.

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National News

US military says it struck more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria this month in retaliation for December ambush that killed two American soldiers and a US civilian interpreter (More).

Wendy’s to close between 5% and 6% of its US restaurants, or roughly 298 to 358 locations, in first half of the year; reports worse-than-expected global same-store sales in Q4 (More).