{"id":188581,"date":"2026-03-12T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188581\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:50:17","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-march-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188581\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa March 12 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 warm and breezy start to the day.<\/p>\n

A few showers are popping up early but as a cold front approaches from the west, a line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area this afternoon and evening. The best chance is between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Check Klystron 9<\/a>\u00a0before you pick up the kids from school or on your way home from work.<\/p>\n

South to southwest winds will be 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts.<\/p>\n

Showers will end tonight and it will be cooler with low falling to the mid 50s to low 60s.<\/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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0New federal funding for Robles Park Village development<\/a>\u00a0
New federal funding is heading to Tampa to help move forward one of the city\u2019s largest affordable housing redevelopment efforts.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Members of tennis community share concerns about new Rays stadium<\/a>
The Tampa Bay Rays held a third public meeting Wednesday night to give the public a chance to learn more about the proposal to build a stadium on Hillsborough College’s campus.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Florida AG Uthmeier accuses Tampa mayor Castor of violating immigration policies<\/a>
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is accusing Tampa Mayor Jane Castor of forcing sanctuary policies on Tampa police.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Work to begin on Tampa’s historic Franklin Street, with focus on pedestrians<\/a>
City leaders are hoping to revitalize the one-mile stretch of downtown Franklin Street, primarily by making it more pedestrian-friendly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0HART launches new SUVs in Hillsborough County<\/a>
The SUVs, which are 2025 Ford Interceptors, will be used for the HARTPlus Paratransit service. HARTPlus is a door-to-door ride share for residents with disabilities who can\u2019t use a regular bus route.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0IEA agrees to release record 400 million barrels of emergency oil reserves to calm prices<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Inflation held steady last month, but that was before the attack on Iran sent energy costs soaring<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Trump talks drug prices in Ohio, midterm races in Kentucky as Iran looms large<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0White House spurs talk of possibility of a draft. Where does it currently stand in the U.S. and what would returning to one entail?<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Jill Biden is breaking her silence about Joe Biden’s decision to abruptly end his 2024 presidential reelection bid<\/a> under pressure from Democrats concerned about his age, health and viability against Republican Donald Trump in a rematch of their 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n

A political spouse for nearly 50 years, Jill Biden said she has never publicly discussed her feelings about the three-week stretch when her husband ended his political career, instead saving her thoughts for the pages of her soon-to-be-released memoir.<\/p>\n

Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, on Wednesday announced that her book, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir,” is scheduled to be published June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It’s a warm and breezy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-188581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-app-morning-briefing","9":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","10":"tag-tampa","11":"tag-tampa-headlines","12":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188581","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=188581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}