Florida News That Impacts You – August 4th, 2025

Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.   

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian
Mudd Show. Yeah, Brian Mudd and Joel Malkin with you.
And uh, interesting thing, funny thing happened on the way
to like sanctuary city status in Orlando. There was an
about face that was done by Mayor Demis.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Just ahead of a news conference in Orlando. Mayor Jerry
Demings reversed course and said he would sign an addendum
on local law enforcement's participation with ICE. The governor says
local agencies can get reimbursed for their efforts, but Orange
County Commissioner Kelly Martinez Semurad, who voted not to sign
the addendum, says it isn't just about the cost of transportation.

(00:44):
It's a staffing issue. She says there's already a twenty
five percent vacancy rate at the jail, leaving corrections officers
short staffed and strained. But the governor not messing around.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
If you don't meet your obligations that under the law,
if you don't fulfill the duties at and imposed upon you,
you absolutely will be suspended.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
I still enjoyed the commissioner who's like, well, we don't
have enough people, so we're just I guess that's a
way out of the law now, just we're understaff, so
we're not going to abide by the law.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
And I think she was the same one last week
that said that brought up on her own alligator Alcatraz.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yes, yes, it's clear where her intentions lie. So anyway,
taking a look at other news around the state in
advance of the new school years starts next Monday. For
area schools, teacher vacancies are nearly eighteen percent lower than
a year ago, according to the Florida Department of Education,
with a two year vacancy rate thirty percent lower. Of course,
today is the day three of these scheduled eight day

(01:44):
closure of North Lake Boulevard at Bline Highway for CSX
railroad crossing and repairs, the first weekday that high traffic
times in morning and afternoon will be impacted. Again, you
do have my sympathies if you are in that right now.
Delays of an hour or more are possible, with detours
of twenty one and thirty four miles serving as the

(02:04):
only options for navigating around the closure. Sunny hot human
again today, highs and low nineties, warmer than usual for
this day chance of afternoon thunderstorms. More Saharan dust making
its way as a thin layer currently tracking across the
Central Atlantic through the Caribbean and will begin to impact
over Florida later today. And the tropics activity picked up

(02:27):
considerably over the weekend. Ye have tropical storm Dexter are
formed yesterday. Dexter not an issue tracking away from the
US towards the mid Atlantic. There is a disturbance that's
expected off the coast of Africa later this week that's
being given a fifty percent chance of development. By the way,
not it's not one to worry about. It probably will develop,
but it's not going to be a concern for US.

(02:47):
But there is a disturbance off the south east west
coastline that is thirty percent chance of development. That one
is going to move on shore. It's just a matter
of what it will be and win not for US.
I mean it's north of US and it's going to
generally track north, So not a concern for US, but
it'll be a weather or than to some extent for
where the people in its cross hears, wherever that may be.

(03:09):
Gas price has fell through the weekend, now close to
a new low for the year. The average price four
regular unleaded statewide two ninety four, that is fourteen cents
lower than a week ago. And the Palm Beaches your
average price this morning three oh eight Martin two ninety five.
Ditto in Saint Lucy, Indian River County, just above the
state average two ninety seven.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
All Right, Good morning's national headlines. Nuclear submarines in the
region of Russia. According to President Trump, he made the
comments just two days after saying the US was positioning
to nuclear subs close to Russia. The decision was made
to place them in what were described as appropriate regions
after highly provocative statements from former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev

(03:48):
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin at Yah who wants the military
to free the remaining hostages being held by Hamas ABC
News citing in Israeli official reports and at Yaho's looking
at the option as he hasn't been able to find
a diplomatic to the ongoing hostage crisis. It's believed the
roughly twenty living hostage is still being held by hamas
President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney planned to

(04:10):
discuss trade. According to Canadian Trade Minister Dominic and LeBlanc,
who told CBS has faced the nation he's optimistic for
the two countries to reach a deal to reduce tariffs.
And actress Lonnie Anderson is dead the age of seventy nine.
She played the receptionist Jennifer on WKRP in Cincinnati. Passed
away to hospital in LA after battle with a prolonged illness,

(04:30):
according to her publicist. Of course, Anderson known for her
six year marriage to Burt Reynolds from eighty eight to
ninety four, and they lived in Jupiter together. Those are
your headlines.