Tallahassee Reports
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Weather: Veterans Day, partly sunny, with a high near 77. Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Thursday, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Thursday night, partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.7%) as hotter-than-expected inflation report shows Consumer Price Index climbed 0.4% in October, reinforcing investors’ expectations of another interest rate hike in December (More).
Local Sports: Lawton Chiles senior Owen Ekk capped his high school swimming career with a state-record performance, leading the Timberwolves to a fourth-place finish at the 2026 FHSAA Class 3A Swimming and Diving State Championships, held Nov. 6–7 at Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training in Ocala. Details
Local & State News
Leon County has the highest percentage of children living in single-parent households among Florida’s 37 counties with populations exceeding 95,000, according to 2024 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey data. Details.
Manuel Kadre, chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees and CEO of the luxury auto dealer Kollective Auto Group, has been named chairman of Governor-elect Byron Donalds’ transition team. Details
Overall voter turnout for the midterm election in Florida was 60.9 percent, the second-highest in the last 30 years. Details
National News
The House voted 211-204 to shelve Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R, KY-4) articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The move is expected to sideline the issue until Democrats take control of Congress next year.
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