Tallahassee Reports
Friday, July 31, 2026
Weather: Today, a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm with a high near 93. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm with a low around 74. Saturday, showers and thunderstorms likely, high near 86. Saturday night, Showers and thunderstorms, low around 73. NWS
US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +1.7%, Dow +1.2%, Nasdaq +2.8%) (More).
Local Sports: On July 23rd, Chiles Alum Tyler Correa posted that he has officially committed to continue his college baseball career at Florida State University. Details.
Local & State News
Voter Info City Commission Seat 5: Incumbent City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox is seeking a third term representing Tallahassee City Commission Seat 5 after first winning election in 2018. Her challengers include Tiffany Hill and Dot Inman-Johnson. Details.
Former House Speaker Paul Renner is attempting to climb up the polls and drag down U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds in the Republican gubernatorial primary, but he’s also trained his sights at Dr. Anthony Fauci. Details
The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 5,806 initial Florida unemployment claims were filed last week, down from a revised count of 6,281 the week ending July 18 and 7,334 the week ending July 11. Details
National News
US economy slowed to 1.5% growth in Q2, while US Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index—key inflation metric monitored by the Fed—fell to 3.7% year over year in June, down from 4.1% in May (More).
Authorities investigate whether Iran was responsible for cyberattacks on more than 30 water plants in Minnesota this week (More).
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