Florida News That Impacts You – September 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 (00:05):
From West Palm Beach to Tallahassee. This is Florida's used
that impacts you on the Brian Mud Show. It is
Brian Mudd and Joel Malkin with you. Jury selection in
the Ryan Ruth case has concluded. Fox's Jonathan Searing.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Jurors have been selected for the case of Ryan Ruth,
the man accused of plotting to shoot then candidate Trump
on a Florida golf course last year. Opening statements are
scheduled to begin at nine o'clock Thursday morning, with the
judge allotting forty minutes for the prosecution and forty minutes
for the defendant himself, who's acting as his own attorney.
Throughout jury selection, Ruth occasionally consulted with court appointed standby lawyers,

(00:45):
but so far continues to follow through on his desire
to represent himself. If convicted, he could face life in prison.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Meanwhile, on this twenty fourth anniversary of the nine to
eleven terror attacks, Keven Dear DeSantis has ordered all flags
half staff in honor of the victims. Additionally, President Trump
has ordered flights at half staff on public buildings and
grounds until sunset on Sunday in honor of Charlie Kirk,
Florida's ban on the open carrying of firearms is unconstitutional.

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According to the First District's Court of Appeal pree Judge
Banner rule that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees
the right to bear arms, including the right to openly
do so, and response, Florida's Attorney General, James Outhmeier stated,
Florida's First District Court of Appeals just ruled that Forida's
open carry ban is no longer constitutionally enforceable stay wide.

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Our office fully supports the court's decision. This is a
big win for the Second Amendment rights of flor Indians,
as we've witnessed over the last few days, are god
given right to self defense is indispensable. The budget battle
between the Indian River County Commissioners and sheriffs is over.
After drawn out at times contentious process, County voted to

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raise funding for the sheriff's off by six point eight
million over the next year. Shariff Flowers originally sought an
additional fourteen million, most recently twelve million, asking for raises
for employees in addition to new equipment, including patrol cars.
The additional funding will be provided in part through Cuts
and other county departments. Mix of sun, rain thunderstorms are
out the day again today highs uper eighties typical for

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the state. Saharan dust currently stretching from the Caribbean all
the way across the Atlantic, acting as a headwind for
tropical development. Related National Hurricane Center, the r tracking and
new discernments off the coast of Africa. They're given it
a thirty percent chance of developing over the next seven days.
And again the reason why, over what otherwise would be
favorable territory, It is not having a better chance of

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organizing sooner all that Saharan dust that sets out in
front of it right now. Gas prices fell another two
cents per gallon yesterday. The average price four regular unleaded
three pozho one in the Balm Beaches, average price three seventeen,
Martin three to six, three oh five in Saint and
An Indian River County. Three before Burgallen