{"id":248155,"date":"2026-04-27T11:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248155\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:59:13","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-april-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248155\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa April 27 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Patchy fog is possible in the morning.<\/p>\n

Winds switch to northerly then northeasterly.<\/p>\n

A few showers will pop up on the northeast coast of FL and will move southwest across our area in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Check Klystron 9<\/a><\/p>\n

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Highs: 89<\/p>\n

Lows: 69<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a020%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Authorities say human remains recovered in Pinellas waterway<\/a>
An identification of the body has not been determined, authorities said.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0High-stakes special session begins this week in Florida, with congressional redistricting front and center<\/a>
The special session will run from Tuesday through Friday.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Business owners ask St. Pete to increase funding for roadway improvements<\/a>
Many are looking for roadway improvements to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Hagel scores twice in 3rd, Lightning beat Canadiens 3-2 in Game 4 to tie series<\/a>
Game 5 is Wednesday night in Tampa.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Iran’s top diplomat returns to Pakistan but Trump says the sides can talk by phone<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Wildfires continue to threaten residents, homes in Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Post positions and Morning Line Odds for 2026 Kentucky Derby and Oaks<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Man participates in St. Anthony’s Triathlon after losing 160lbs<\/a>
\nMan stops in Tampa before finishing 200k miles on motorcycle for rare disease<\/a>
\nBain Jr. highlights successful NFL Draft for Buccaneers<\/a>
\nHeritage Museum tells the story of Tarpon Springs<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Domestic violence legislation passed this year by the state legislature would make major changes to domestic violence laws.<\/p>\n

Some of the notable differences include\u00a0harsher penalties\u00a0for repeat domestic violence abusers and more money available for victims who need to relocate to escape abuse.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the\u00a0bill would give judges\u00a0more factors to consider in considering domestic violence injunctions. It would also require police to enter such injunctions into a statewide database that other agencies could search.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Survivor and author Michelle Jewsbury said this is a big step forward<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Patchy fog is possible in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-248155","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\/248155","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=248155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}