{"id":208147,"date":"2026-03-27T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208147\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:40:39","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-march-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/208147\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa March 27 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

The warm weather continues today with highs in the mid 80s.<\/p>\n

Expect mostly sunny to partly sunny skies.<\/p>\n

Winds are out of the east 5 to 10 mph with a sea breeze developing this afternoon.<\/p>\n

We have a chance of isolated showers this afternoon, but most of the area will stay dry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Enjoy the beach today! It will become windy over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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High:\u00a085<\/p>\n

Low:\u00a066<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a010%\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Lawsuits claim some companies offering elective tests during IVF process are misleading patients<\/a>
Thousands of women in the U.S. turn to\u00a0In vitro fertilization\u00a0every year and go through a test called PGT-A.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Rays squander Opening Day lead, fall to Cardinals<\/a>
Drew Rasmussmen started for the Rays and gave up just one run in five innings, but the Tampa Bay bullpen faltered.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0New PIE director Mark Sprague leads next phase of growth<\/a>
The newly appointed\u00a0St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport\u00a0director, Mark Sprague, will oversee the biggest infrastructure projects in PIE\u2019s history which total more than $170 million.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Driving services in Sarasota County watching gas prices, weighing decisions<\/a>
Higher gas prices are being felt across Florida and nationwide. AAA reports Sarasota\u2019s average remains at $3.86, a sharp jump from last month.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Senate approves funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security, but not immigration enforcement<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Revised House aviation safety bill wins NTSB support, but victims’ families demand tougher timelines<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Wall Street has its worst day since the war with Iran started and crude oil prices rise<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0U.S. Treasury plans to put Trump’s signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in temporarily blocking the Pentagon from labeling the company as a supply chain risk.<\/p>\n

Lin’s ruling followed a 90-minute hearing in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday at which Lin questioned why the Trump administration took the extraordinary step of punishing Anthropic after negotiations over a defense contract went sour over the company\u2019s attempt to prevent its AI technology from being deployed in\u00a0fully autonomous weapons\u00a0or surveillance of Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Central Florida.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner The warm weather continues today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-208147","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\/208147","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=208147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}