Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here’s what you need to know today.
Your Weather Planner
Skies will be mostly clear into early Friday. Morning patchy fog will burn off quickly.
Morning lows will continue to be seasonable with 50s inland and 60s by the coast.
Friday will be mostly sunny with afternoon highs in the low to mid 80s.
It will again be a great boating day with light 5 to 10 knot winds.
Highs: 84
Lows: 63
Rain Coverage: 0%
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Around Tampa Bay
1. Florida House leadership pushes property tax cut proposals
The Florida House advanced a series of proposals designed to cut non-school property taxes through their first committees Thursday, a move that could change how local governments fund services and manage local finances.
2. Tampa’s Winter Village opens tonight at Curtis Hixon Park
Winter Village returns to Curtis Hixon Park tonight at 5 p.m., officially launching Tampa’s holiday season.
3. Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel shows off $92 million upgrades
The Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel unveiled its new $92 million renovation on Thursday.
4. USF police investigating after group of Muslim students harassed by 3 men
The University of South Florida is working to identify the people seen in a social media video harassing a group of Muslim students.
5. Arrival of manatee season generates buzz of excitement among Citrus County residents and visitors
As the weather starts to cool, manatees are migrating toward warmer waters.
Around the Nation
1. Judge orders Trump administration to end National Guard deployment in DC
Border Patrol operation in Charlotte is over, sheriff says. DHS says otherwise
2. U.S., Russia draw up peace plan for Ukraine that includes big concessions from Kyiv
3. NTSB preliminary report identifies structural issues with UPS plane
4. House votes to repeal provision that allows senators to sue over phone record seizures
5. New hurdle in Comey case as Trump’s Justice Department faces questions about grand jury process
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Quote of the Day
Dignitaries and loved ones of former Vice President Dick Cheney assembled in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to pay tribute to the late conservative political leader at his funeral.
Cheney — who served as vice president for both of former President George W. Bush’s terms, as chief of staff to the late President Gerald Ford and as secretary of defense for the late President George H.W. Bush –– died Nov. 3 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. He was 84.