{"id":19499,"date":"2025-10-24T21:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T21:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/19499\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T21:02:13","slug":"tampa-october-24-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/19499\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 October 24, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n<p>Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n<p>The low humidity continues for Friday with mostly sunny skies.<\/p>\n<p>It will be breezy with a wind out of the northeast at 10 to 20 mph with occasional higher gusts.<\/p>\n<p>Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expect clear skies at night with mid to upper 60s for lows around Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Lows will fall to the 50s for our Nature Coast counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/buf_sun_today.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Highs: 87<\/p>\n<p>Lows: 67<\/p>\n<p>Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/weatherphotos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/children-s-home-network-celebrates-major-renovations-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Children&#8217;s Home Network celebrates major renovations<\/a><br \/>The Children\u2019s Home Network has unveiled a series of major renovations designed to enhance the lives of the foster children it serves.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/no-coffee-tax-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New bill aims to eliminate tariffs on coffee<\/a><br \/>If your cup of coffee costs more than usual this morning, some U.S. House Representatives are trying to change that.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/tampa-wow-second-public-meeting-tonight-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tampa WOW! gets approval from city council, clearing way for work<\/a><br \/>Tampa\u2019s proposed \u201cWheel Over Water\u201d was approved by city council on Thursday after a second public meeting on the project.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/snap-benefits-may-stop-for-millions-of-floridians--if-the-government-shutdown-continues-in-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SNAP benefits may stop for millions of Floridians, if the government shutdown continues in November<\/a><br \/>The ongoing government shutdown may soon have a direct impact on 42 million people, including 2.8 million Floridians, receiving benefits through the\u00a0Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\u00a0(SNAP).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/urban-land-gas-plant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City leaders push for Urban Land Institute study for Gas Plant<\/a><br \/>The St. Petersburg City Council unanimously approved having a committee discuss hiring the Urban Land Institute to study the best way to develop the 86 acres Historic Gas Plant District.<\/p>\n<p>Around the Nation<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/politics\/2025\/10\/23\/federal-workers-pay-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Federal workers could miss first full paycheck in coming days as government shutdown drags on<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/politics\/2025\/10\/23\/federal-agents-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump backs off planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after talking to the mayor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/transportation\/2025\/10\/23\/air-traffic-controllers-government-shutdown-flight-delays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Transportation Secretary Duffy says air traffic controllers are angry but insists air travel is safe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/government-shutdown-paying-federal-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Senate rejects bills to pay federal workers during government shutdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Miss This<\/p>\n<p>Quote of the Day<br \/>\n<a class=\"img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/white-house-east-wing-ballroom-construction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BN9whitehousecardFL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-url=\"https:\/\/mynews13.com\/fl\/orlando\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/white-house-east-wing-ballroom-construction\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with construction of a ballroom, according to photos taken Thursday by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>The East Wing, where first ladies created history, planned state dinners and promoted causes, is now history itself. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including workspace for first ladies and their staffs, has been turned into rubble, demolished as part of the Republican president&#8217;s plan to build a ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House at an updated cost of $300 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here&#8217;s what you need to know today. 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