{"id":199048,"date":"2026-03-20T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199048\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:48:16","slug":"tampa-march-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199048\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa \u2014 March 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

After a cool morning, temperatures will reach the 70s this afternoon.<\/p>\n

It’s a nice day for a walk or a run with mostly sunny skies.<\/p>\n

Get the full forecast here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Highs: 77<\/p>\n

Lows:\u00a057<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/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.\u00a0DeSantis signs bill blocking proposed cruise port in Manatee County<\/a>
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a\u00a0coastal resiliency bill\u00a0that includes a provision that would block the construction of a proposed cruise port in Manatee County.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Feeding Tampa Bay helps TSA agents impacted by partial government shutdown<\/a>
TSA agents are about to enter another week of not getting paid since the partial government shutdown started.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0High winds caused NASA to delay Artemis II rocket rollout time<\/a>
Due to high winds, NASA was forced to delay the rollout time of the Artemis II rocket to the launch pad.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0USF men’s rally in 1st round of NCAA Tournament comes up short<\/a>
Isaac McKneely scored 23 points, and Louisville hung on to beat USF 83-79 on Thursday to win its first\u00a0NCAA Tournament\u00a0game since Rick Pitino\u2019s final season as coach.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0How to monitor airport security lines at U.S. airports while TSA officers go without pay<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Trump hosts Japanese leader as Japan, other allies signal potential shift on Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Iran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy sites after Israel struck its key gas field<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a024 states sue Trump administration over EPA endangerment finding rollback<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison vowed to keep Hollywood jobs<\/a> in Los Angeles in a letter he sent last month to U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, where he addressed their concerns regarding the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n

The deal by Paramount-Skydance to acquire Warner Bros. reportedly stands at $110 billion, but the merger of major Hollywood studios and streaming services is expected to face antitrust scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner After a cool morning, temperatures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-199048","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\/199048","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=199048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}