Florida News That Impacts You – September 2nd, 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 (00:03):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian Muntial,
hev ran Man, and Joel Malkin with you and one
of Florida's new laws that is now in ors across
the state.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Pretending to high school athletics gaining attention across the country.
Yours Fox's three.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
Crowley football season has a new safety built in Florida.
Now the first day to require an EKG for all
high school athletes. Kids in grades nine through twelve need
an electro cardiogram screening before their first athletic competition. If
it's abnormal, they'll be held from play till medically cleared.
Governor DeSantis signed the Second Chance Act in honor of

(00:44):
Florida Panhandle high school athlete Chance Ganner, who collapsed during
a football game last year and died. Sudden cardiac arrest
is one of the leading causes of death among student athletes,
but it can be detected in seventy to ninety five
percent of cases with an EKGA. The law also requires
every Florida grade middle in high school to have at
least one defibrillator.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Meanwhile, as we take a look across the state, Florida
Tax Watch seeking to make Florida's new Doze audits a
permanent and annual part of Florida's governance. The nonprofit WATCHDOW
calling for the state to adopt annual measures to quote
improve government operations and reduce costs. Florida's current law, set
through a constitutional amendment in two thousand and six, calls
for additional oversight to be provided every four years. Reb

(01:29):
challenging the Florida Department of Transportations ordered removal of its
Pride themed intersection in Northeast First Street and Northeast Second Avenue. Today,
an administrative hearing will take place in Orlando. The FDOT
issued a deadline of September third, that is tomorrow for
removal or the state would remove the display at the
city's expense. Multiple cities face similar deadlines across the state

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this week. It'll be a mix of sun and clouds
much of the day Today hunt again today, heights neer
ninety warmer than usual for the state. Then layer Saharan
dust tracking through the crew and c another poem that
is currently approaching the mid Atlantic, acting as a headwind
for tropical development and related The Hurricane Center is tracking
one system and disturbance off the coast of Africa. It's
being given a sixty percent chance of development. But the

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reason that it is not greater at this point is
that Saharan does that is sitting in front of this system,
and that will really determine when that dust breaks and
later in its cycle what ends up being with this
particular system. Gas prices they fell through Labor Day weekend
two cents lower than a week ago. The average price

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four regular unleaded state wide three four and the Palm
Beaches three nineteen, Martin three oh seven, and it's three
six in Saint Lucie and Indian Riverord County. This morning.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
All right, good morning, some national headlines. President Trump's cracked
down on illegal immigration looks like it's headed to Chicago.
Homeland Security Chief Christy Nome confirming ICE is planning expanded
operations in the coming days, much like the ones recently
carried out in Los Angeles. Congress returns today after the
August recess, as a possible partial government shut down looms.
The annual spending battle will no doubt take up much

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of the calendar to avoid a shut down. September thirtieth,
former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani out of the
hospital and walking after serious injuries Saturday in a New
Hampshire car crash. Giuliani's son says his father was in
a lot of pain after the eighty one year old
suffered several injuries and Rentald Carr was rear ended. Meanwhile,
President Trump says he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal

(03:26):
of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, and the post
on true Social Trump says he'll announce details at a
later time, and the FTC warning Google about playing political politics.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson sent a letter to
the CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent company with reported concerns
Gmail spam filter's routinely block Republican sent messages from reaching consumers,

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but do not block similar messages sent by Democrats. Google
denies it. Those are your headlines. They would never say
anything's on t well