Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here’s what you need to know today.

Your Weather Planner

It’s a warm day with high temperatures in the low 80s.

A northeast wind becomes northwest 5 to 15 mph.

Scattered showers and some thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and linger into the evening.

If you don’t get any rain today, there is a lower chance on Thursday.

Highs: 82

Lows: 64

Rain Coverage: 30%

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Around Tampa Bay

1. Sarasota School Board moves toward new rules on student protests
Sarasota County School Board Members gave preliminary approval for new guidelines on student demonstrations, but a final vote is still pending.

2. Josie Tomkow concedes to Brian Nathan in very close State Senate District 14 race
With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Nathan had 40,212 votes (50.3 percent) to Tomkow’s 39,804 (49.7 percent).

3. Clearwater Police officer stabbed while responding to call
A Clearwater Police officer was stabbed while responding to a call late Tuesday evening.

4. Ground penetrating radar could reveal more graves at once neglected African-American cemetery
A few years ago, ground penetrating radar revealed a number of anomalies believed to be burials at Whispering Souls. Now there is a search to find out if graves were missed in a wooded area of the property during that initial scan.

5. Lavonte David announces retirement after 14-year career with Bucs
Lavonte David, who spent the past 14 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was a member of the team’s 2020 Super Bowl championship team, has retired.

Around the Nation

1. Seconds before LaGuardia crash, controller cleared the fire truck to cross the runway, NTSB says

2. More US troops head to Mideast as diplomatic efforts to end Iran war accelerate

3. Trump holds swearing in for DHS Secretary Mullin as shutdown, immigration enforcement in spotlight

4. TSA workers demand to be paid as partial government shutdown drags on

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Quote of the Day

On the 39th day of a partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown, a union representing Transportation Security Administration officers is demanding they be paid. About 47,000 TSA agents are considered essential and must continue screening passengers, baggage and cargo for deferred pay as lawmakers debate immigration enforcement reforms and funding for the agency. 

“Right now, these workers need a vote, a signature and a paycheck,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley said at an online news conference where he was joined by several TSA agents who have been working without their salaries since Feb. 14. “End the shenanigans today. Finish the deal.”