{"id":187092,"date":"2026-03-11T11:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187092\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:31:17","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-march-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/187092\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa March 11 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It’s a very warm day with mostly sunny to partly sunny skies.<\/p>\n

High temperatures will range from the low 80s near the coast to near 90 degrees inland.<\/p>\n

The daily record high to beat is 87 degrees in Tampa, 86 in St. Petersburg and 90 in Lakeland and Brooksville.<\/p>\n

A stray afternoon shower is possible, but most of the area stays dry.<\/p>\n

Lows fall to the 60s tonight with patchy fog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Highs: 88<\/p>\n

Lows: 68<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a010%<\/p>\n

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


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AA wide variety of municipal elections took place across the Pinellas Suncoast on Tuesday.\u00a0Residents from Belleair Bluffs to Kenneth City to Treasure Island cast ballots on commissioner, mayoral and council seat positions, as well as vote on a number of amendments. And Manatee County voters decided on two special elections.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a closer look at the results<\/a><\/p>\n

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Fort Meade commissioners delay vote on data center<\/a>\u00a0
Fort Meade officials decided to hold off on a vote for a new data center. The city will now have more time to decide on how to move forward.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Group of women veterans celebrated with inugural Flight of Honor to Washington<\/a>
More than 100 women veterans are making their way to Washington, D.C. Wednesday for the inaugural Flight of Honor by the\u00a0General Federation of Women\u2019s Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Lake Wales begins restoring historic Walesbilt Hotel<\/a>
Crews are currently clearing debris from the inside, which will take roughly a month to complete.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Body cameras coming to Hernando County school resource officers<\/a>
While some parents have expressed concerns over potential recordings of their children\u2019s interaction with law enforcement being public record, Sheriff Al Nienhuis says it\u2019s part of the price we pay for transparency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Prices at the pump surge in Tampa Bay<\/a>
Floridians are among the drivers nationwide paying more at the pump as the conflict in Iran leads to increased crude oil prices<\/p>\n

Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Senate Democrats demand public hearings on Iran as questions about timeline, possible funding request<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Eyes turn to Cuba after Trump says ‘takeover’ could be friendly or unfriendly<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Sharing a stage, Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over Supreme Court orders favoring Trump<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Sharing a stage, Supreme Court Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh sparred Monday<\/a> over the many emergency orders the court has issued allowing President Donald Trump to move ahead with key parts of his agenda.<\/p>\n

The setting was extraordinary, a federal courtroom filled with legal luminaries, including the federal judge singled out by Trump after blocking part of the president’s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh, 61, and Jackson, 55, sat a few feet apart in a courtroom in which they both heard cases when they served on the federal appeals court in Washington. They were separated only by a federal judge who asked questions of them both. The occasion was an annual lecture in memory of a former federal judge and prosecutor, Thomas A. Flannery.<\/p>\n

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