Florida News That Impacts You – August 11th, 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 (00:04):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian Muntial. Yeah,
Brian Muddin, Joe Malkin with you. And this is a
bit more on something that brought you on Friday, that
redistricting in the state of Florida is moving ahead.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Florida has twenty Republican held congressional seats and eight are
held by Democrats. Now the Florida State House Speaker Daniel
Perez is telling lawmakers they're going to create a select
committee on Congressional redistricting only to consider US House seats,
not changes to State House or Senate seats. Governor Desanta
said earlier this year redistricting mid decade was a good
idea given population shifts. Since covid Democrats call the move

(00:41):
corrupt and unlawful, and the Florida State Senate website does
say the state constitution directs the legislature to redraw district
boundaries at its regular session in the second year following
each discential census.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Yeah, so that'll be something to watch today. As we've
been talking about the first day of school for all
areas school districts, thirty three school zones in Palm Beach
County have traffic cameras which will automatically issue tickets to
those traveling ten miles an hour or more. Wildlifes are
flashing host of new laws and effect for the new
school year today as we've been talking about eighteen new

(01:15):
laws in total, real focus on health and safety policies
in addition to stricter rules for cell phone use. North
Lake Boulevard at the CSX railroad crossing opened a head
of schedule on Saturday. Traffic back to its normal pattern
on Yumid today, chance a thunderstorms throughout the day, really
highs in the load nineties touch warmer than usual for

(01:36):
the state. Then layers Aharon Does passing into the Gulf
today with a thicker plume that is making its way
across the Central Atlantic on the approach to the Leeward
Islands this morning. Related National Hurricanes Center tracking two disturbances.
The first a disturbance that formed off the coast of
Africa a week ago. It's tracking towards the northern mid Atlantic.
Not likely to develop or posed threats to populated areas.

(02:00):
Rub it's off the coast of Africa is likely to
develop ninety percent chance. Most recently, it's expected to track
through the south central Atlantic throughout the week. Now, longer
range models showed the disturbance likely turning north on the
approach to the Caribbean, which you know, if anything, you're
talking about maybe a Bermuda event if at that point,
but anyway, worth keeping an eye on until there's greater

(02:23):
clarity on it. Gas prices fell through the weekend. They
are a bit higher than a week ago. The average
price four regular unleaded statewide three oh four and the
Pond Beach is three eighteen today and Martin right there
at the state average at three oh four, Ditto in
Indian River County just above it at three to five
in Saint Lucie.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
All right, good morning's national headlines. President Trump preparing to
set a new course for DC. He's set to speak
on the matter this morning, and a truth social post yesterday,
The President said the news conference quote will not only
involve ending the crime murder and death in our nation's capital,
will also be about cleanliness in the general physical renovation
and condition number once beautiful and well maintained capital. Meanwhile,

(03:02):
the Trump administration sending the FBI out on patrol in DC.
Washington Post reports over one hundred agents beginning to be
deployed for night long shifts to assist DC law enforcement
help with carjackings and violent crimes. Texas Governor Greg Abbott
ramping up pressure on Democrats who fled the state. In
an interview with Fox News Sunday, Abbott said he'll keep
the threat of arrest for the lawmakers as long as necessary.

(03:25):
Democrats left the state to keep state Republicans from having
a quorum needed to redraw the state's congressional maps in
their favor. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski says his country will
not let Russia deceive the US. Zelensky, in an address yesterday,
said his team was working with the US and then
not a single day goes by without communication on how
to ensure real peace. Trump on true social set of

(03:45):
meeting between he and Putin will take place Friday in Alaska.
Trump administration says UCLA has agreed to pay one billion
dollars to settle claims of civil rights violations. The proposed
settlement calls for the UNI university that discriminated against Jewish
and Israeli students in accepting the draft settlement. The school

(04:06):
would also be required to appoint a monitor to focus
on compliance with anti discrimination laws. And in your surprise
news of the morning, AOL still has dial up. Yes,
they apparently are shutting down that dial up service after
more than forty years. Once a staple, the service, which
connected motems through phone lines at one time boasted millions
of customers, including myself. The service will be discontinued September thirtieth.

(04:29):
Who knew it still existed, Brian, But apparently it does.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
It's an interesting thing. I'm with you. I had no clue.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
Those are your headlines