Florida News That Impacts You – February 26th, 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):
From West Palm Beach to Tallahassee.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian
Mudshill again. Joel's on vacationion. He'll be back with us
next week. Big news this morning across the state. Southwest
Florida Congressman Byron Donalds has announced that he is running
for governor. In a post on ex donald said, I
arrived in the Sunshine State at seventeen years old on

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a Greyhound bus with a trunk full of clothes and
a dream. Now is the time to keep the best
state in the country as the best state in the country. Tonight,
I'm proud to announce my candidacy to be the next
governor of Florida. The announcement followed President Trump's recent endorsement
of Donald's to be Florida's next governor, but also amid

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speculation that First Lady Casey Decantus may also be considering
a bid to replace her husband.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Be interesting to see what happens here.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
And An investigation into the Delray Beach fire rescue unit
that was involved with the Bright Line train crash in
December determined that the firefighters did not quote engage in willful,
wanton or malicious intent by any personnel to violate city
or fire rescue policies. The four firefighters involved have been

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placed on administratively pending the investigation. The driver of the
fire truck was found at fault though, and was issued
a traffic citation in the incident. Buerrea of Beach's finance director,
Steve Dioni, has resigned after failing to meet the state's
annual audit deadline, which was January fifteenth. The failure to
meet the deadline risk losing state funding for bureau. The

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city has appointed a new director who is said to
be working as quickly as possible to complete the audit.
After a cool start to the day, partly gott his
guys today highest in the load of mid seventies typical
for this date, or expecting slightly warmer and otherwise similar
weather for the rest of the week. Prices now they
rose that they're three cents per gallon On Tuesday, the

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average price four regular unleaded stay wide currently three fifteen
per gallon, and the bomb Beach is the average price
three thirty one in Martin at three twenty and still
above the state average. In Indian River County at three
seventeen per gallon, saving you money. I'm Hillary Barski.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Airfares keep going up, but it's not only rising costs
that are affecting travelers.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
They're also getting crushed by fees.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
Although airfares aren't as high as they were a post pandemic,
Brian Kelly, the Points Guy founder.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Says airlines now need to make money other ways. They're
not getting the shiny, new efficient planes, so they are
squeezing revenue out of every single passenger. And that's why
getting the right credit cards can save you hundreds or
thousands in fees and why you know these days you
need to look at every tool possible to save you
on those.

Speaker 5 (02:50):
Fees because those fees add up. And if you do
travel a lot, you need to check out the various
credit cards that can help you save money on flights
by offering benefits like you check bags, discounts, and travel credits.
Some of the top travel credit cards include the Capitol
one Venture Rewards, Capital one Venture ext Rewards, Chase, Sapphire Reserve,
and American.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Express Gold Card.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
And some cards also provide insurance coverage, saving you money.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Hillary Barsky, Fox.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
News Today's Q and A. Floria's doge and measuring local
government efficiency. That is up next.