{"id":199214,"date":"2026-03-20T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199214\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:19:10","slug":"the-scoop-fri-mar-20-2026-tampa-bay-and-florida-headlines-by-wmnf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199214\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scoop: Fri. Mar. 20, 2026 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Scoop-color-2048x2048-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-255591 size-255591 wp-post-image\" alt=\"WMNF The Scoop\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Authorities investigate after a man died this week in the Glades detention center<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says a Mexican migrant has died in the Florida county jail that has been holding immigrant detainees. According to the Associated Press, the death of Royer Perez-Jimenez on Monday is the 46th reported under ICE custody since the start of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Representative Will Robinson said, \u201cI cannot think of a worse place in Florida for a mega cruise terminal to be than Terra Ceia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monarch butterfly population has declined more than 80% since 1990. Conservation groups fear more delays will put monarchs at risk of extinction and argue that monarchs need federal Endangered Species Act protections.<\/p>\n<p>Rally to save Pizzo K-8<\/p>\n<p>Teachers, students and family members rallied at Temple Terrace\u2019s Rotary Riverfront Park, which is likely to close next month. The Tampa Bay Times reports that some protesters are concerned that USF\u2019s new football stadium is playing a role.<\/p>\n<p>Some sociology professors at Florida universites refuse to alter their courses<\/p>\n<p>Florida has new guidelines on topics like race, gender and sexuality. The Guardian reports that the restrictions are also leading to growing number of professors leaving Florida schools.<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: Tampa Bay &amp; Florida headlines by WMNF<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop, produced by Se\u00e1n Kinane.<\/p>\n<p>WMNF anchors Chris Young, Juanita Hurtado Hu\u00e9rfano, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Lisa Marzilli.\u00a0<br \/>WMNF News Director Se\u00e1n Kinane<br \/>WMNF reporters Chris Young, Juanita Hurtado Hu\u00e9rfano, Lisa Marzilli, Se\u00e1n Kinane, Sofia Caballero<br \/>Special thanks to Taylor Lovejoy and Corey Beltran.<\/p>\n<p>Theme music, Fresh06, by Stian via archive.org \u2013 CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/jamendo-001084\/02.mp3<\/a><br \/>The Scoop logo by Robin Milcowitz \/ Greener Pixels \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenerpixels.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greenerpixels.com<\/a>\u00a0\/ WMNF<\/p>\n<p>information from News Service of Florida, the Associated Press and Florida Public Media was used in this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities investigate after a man died this week in the Glades detention center U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16193,113,100,7290,1841,7088,30415,92134,135,137,136,416,1537],"class_list":["post-199214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-butterflies","tag-education","tag-florida-legislature","tag-higher-education","tag-immigration","tag-manatee-county","tag-news-and-public-affairs","tag-school-closings","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-the-scoop","tag-usf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199214","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=199214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}