{"id":129076,"date":"2026-01-23T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129076\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:24:11","slug":"tampa-bay-jan-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129076\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay \u2014 Jan. 23, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It’s another warm day under mostly sunny skies.<\/p>\n

Highs will range from the mid 70s at the coast to the low 80s inland.<\/p>\n

It’s a beautiful beach day with northeast winds becoming northwest 5-10 mph this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Lows will fall to near 60 degrees tonight with partly cloudy skies and patchy fog.<\/p>\n

Warm weather continues Saturday at the\u00a0Children’s Gasparilla Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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High:\u00a079<\/p>\n

Low:\u00a062<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a00%\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Gasparilla Season kicks off in Tampa with children’s parade this weekend<\/a>
The Gasparilla Kids Parade is the first of three major parades celebrating Tampa’s pirate history.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Advocates push for city to take over troubled apartment complex<\/a>
The St. Petersburg Tenants Union is calling on the city to take over The Morgan Apartments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Hillsborough County schools report a nearly 3% increase in Hispanic graduates<\/a>
School leaders are working to ensure they continue to offer courses to help Hispanic students succeed.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Clearwater eyes new life for long-abandoned North Ward School<\/a>
For many residents, the long-empty building has become a symbol of missed opportunity. Now, city leaders say they\u2019re ready to take a closer look at the historic property \u2014 and explore ways to bring it back to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Black Leg\u00adislative Caucus members defend af\u00adfir\u00admative action laws<\/a>
Members of Florida’s Legislative Black Caucus rallied Thursday in rebuke of an opinion by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier arguing that more than 80 state laws promoting race-based laws are unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power \u2014 and heat<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0House approves final spending bills as Democrats denounce ICE funding<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Vance urges Minnesota law enforcement to work with federal immigration agents<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Trump says deal framework would give U.S. ‘everything we wanted’ in Greenland<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Bucs tap Falcons’ Zac Robinson for OC position<\/a>
\nNASA Day of Remembrance solemn time to reflect on lost astronauts<\/a>
\nOlympia High School alum named Bassmaster All-American<\/a>
\nGuide to Tampa’s Children’s Gasparilla 2026 parade, events<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning that he stood behind his decision to bring criminal charges against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It’s another warm day under…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-129076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}