The TR Daily Briefs: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Weather: Today, sunny with a high near 77. Tonight, clear with a low around 47. Wednesday, sunny with a high near 80. Wednesday night, mostly clear with a low around 50. NWS

US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +1.1%) as tech stocks climb ahead of Tesla and Meta earnings later this week (More).

Local Sports: Leon County cross-country teams and runners turned in several notable performances at the New World Fall Spectacular cross-country meet held in Jacksonville, FL on Oct. 17. Details

Local & State News

Heading into the third full week of October as Tallahassee’s newly hired city manager, Karen Jumonville says she is approaching the new position with a listening ear. Details.

Leon County Schools is projecting that approximately $12.96 million of the $29.26 million expected from the voter-approved property-tax millage would go toward recurring salary increases for teachers. Details.

Florida added more than 225,000 voters since the August primary, with increases nearly even among registered Republicans and Democrats in that time, according to numbers posted by the Division of Elections. Details

National News

Federal officials arrested more than two dozen people in California accused of voting illegally in US elections. The crackdown comes two weeks before the US midterm elections on Nov. 3.

Robert Stewart

Staff writer at Tallahassee Reports.

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