{"id":604626,"date":"2026-03-04T00:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/604626\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T00:11:56","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-march-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/604626\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa March 3 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

It will be another warm day for Tuesday with highs ranging from near 80 at the coast to the mid 80s inland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

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High:\u00a075<\/p>\n

Low:\u00a061<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a00%<\/p>\n

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

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Rays hosting community meetings for feedback on stadium proposals<\/a>
The Tampa Bay Rays are holding three public community engagement sessions to get feedback on proposed ballpark plans before they take the next steps.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Beach business gears up for busy spring break after renourishment project<\/a>
Businesses along the beaches in Pinellas County are counting on a big spring break season this year, especially after the county\u2019s $125 million beach renourishment project wrapped up last month.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0How artificial intelligence is changing home buying<\/a>
According to NerdWallet\u2019s 2026 buyer survey, nearly half of all buyers will use AI tools during the buying process.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0The Blue-Sky Boys offer exhilarating experience in Sarasota<\/a>
Before a giant leap for mankind, a group of scientists got together to figure it all out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Hillsborough law firm creates toolkit to help immigrant families in case they or a loved one is detained<\/a>
A local immigration law firm has created an emergency toolkit to help families be prepared in the event that they, or someone they know is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n

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

1.\u00a0War in the Middle East widens; 6 U.S. service members have been killed<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0House panel releases videos of Bill and Hillary Clinton answering questions about Epstein<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Oil and gas prices rise following U.S. military strikes on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0FBI investigates deadly Texas bar shooting as possible terrorist act<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Miss This<\/p>\n

Blood moon over Florida<\/a>
\nTampa Pastor Keith Babb creates a playground and learning center for neighborhood kids<\/a>
\nThe origin of the saying, ‘in like a lion, out like a lamb’<\/a>
\nTampa Bay area braces for influx of Spring Break visitors<\/a>
\nU.S. Space Force pauses use of ULA rocket after anomaly<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs<\/a> the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit started the next phase in the refund process by sending it to a lower court to sort out.<\/p>\n

In a court filing Friday, Trump’s Justice Department had urged the Federal Circuit to proceed cautiously and hold off for 90 days. But the judges refused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner It will be another warm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[51085,5,4,297,562,295,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-604626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-app-morning-briefing","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-rays","12":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","13":"tag-tampa","14":"tag-tampa-bay","15":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","16":"tag-tampabay","17":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116168016320879701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}