Florida News That Impacts You – March 24th, 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 Mutshall,
Yeah right, mudd in Jiel Malcolm with you. And flu
season appears to be ding in Florida, as the rate
of flu spread now low for the first time in
nearly four months. According to the CDC's weekly data, the
rate of spread of flu and flu like activity has

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declined in sixty three of florida sixty seven counties over
the past week, including Florida's entire East Coast. Now RSV
cases they do continue to be a bit more stubborn.
RSV actually increased again in Martin County last week, along
with twelve other counties across the state. They has remained consistent,
most recently in Palm Beach County and Indian River. Florida
Attorney General James Athmeyer announced a four million dollar plus

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settlement has been reached with gold Standard Moving storage and
related storage companies operating under the names gold Standard What's
been proven to be anything but Executive Van the Lines,
Imperial Moving Group, Simple Path Moving, which to me sounds
like some kind of cult.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
It really does.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
National America Children take the Simple Path exactly. Yes, there
was an episode like the Path was referenced. It was
everybody loves Raymond Wow as Robert. They got cut up
in the in the path. I think National American Van Lines,
Razor Van Lines, Spartan Moving in Storage, United American Moving,

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and US Pro Moving in Logistics. Over a million dollars
of the settlement is going to be paid to victims
of a bidding scheme. So if you did business with
any of these entities and you felt like you're screwed,
you could be getting something here. The companies, which were
have also been issued a lifetime ban from operation in Florida,

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were found to have provided low initial bids for storage services,
only to later demand additional payments for people to be
able to get their stuff back. West Palm Beach attorney
Malik Lee of the family and civil law firm Watson
Lee has been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court. Lee
repeatedly posted threatening messages on social media accounts against individuals

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he was suing. He was first cited for this type
of thing all the way back in twenty sixteen, was
warned again a couple of years later, and this time around,
they're like, you're done. Klaudie's Guy's in warm today with
highs in the low eighties, which is a bit warmer
than usual for this date, will have a chance of
passing showers and storms Tuesday and Wednesday. Gas prices they

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fell through the weekend, new lows for the year. The
average price for regular unleaded state wide two ninety six
per gallon, that is fourteen cents lower than a week ago.
And then the Bomb Beaches average price three ten per gallon,
and Martin below the state average at two ninety five.
Indian River County just to touch above it at two
ninety seven.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
All right, let's get a look at some national headlines.
US and Russian diplomats meeting today in Saudi Arabia to
discos a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. US looking
to negotiate a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea before
moving on to a more comprehensive agreement. US Attorney General
Pam Bondi says the Supreme Courts will get involved in
the ongoing court battle over the Trump Administration's deportation flights.

(03:16):
On Fox News Sunday Morning Futures, Bondi said the federal
judge who halted deportation flights is overstepping his authority. She
accuses the judge of trying to set US foreign policy,
vowing the Trump administration would continue to fight the judge's
order in court. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he
won't step down. Peering on NBC's Meet the Press, the
Democrat senator defended his decision to vote for Republican funding bill.

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Schumer said if the bill had failed, the shutdown that
would have resulted would be worse than government funding bill
going into effect. Canada's new prime minister calling for a
snap election to help him deal with the US trade war,
Mark Carney, elected by the Liberal Party earlier this month
to replace Justin Trudeau following his resignation. Carney called the
election for a twenty eight saying he needs a strong

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mandate to respond to Trump administration tariffs and the threat
to the Canadian economy. Small Business Administration cutting around twenty
seven hundred jobs, making up forty three percent of its workforce.
Job cuts part of the agency's restructuring. The SBA, in
a statements that it's focusing on ending social policy agendas
of the prior administration, eliminating non essential roles, and returning

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to pre pandemic staffing levels. Second Lady Usha Vance set
to travel to Greenland this week, the White House making
that announcement yesterday. Energy Secretary Chris Wright. National Security Advisor
Mike Waltz also set to join Vance group will become
the latest US officials to visit the visit the Danish territory,
with President Trump calling for US ownership. Pope Francis back

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of the Vatican after being released from the hospital yesterday,
eighty eighty eight year old made a brief public appearance
for the first time in more than five weeks, waving
to a crowd from a balcony. And Florida among the
teams making their way to the Sweet sixteen, the one
seed Gators defeated eight seed Yukon yesterday, keeping the Huskies
from a third straight bid for national title. The Gators
make the Sweet sixteen for the first time since twenty seventeen.

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They'll take on four seed Maryland on Thursday. Those are
your headlines.