Florida News That Impacts You – March 25th, 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 Munshill, Yeah,
Brian Mudd and Joe Malkin with you. And today is
runoff election day for voters in Jupiter and lake Worth Beach.
In Jupiter, runoff watch and being held for the first
district seat and in the at large race, Philis Choi
and Terry Groomes face off against one another. In Lakeworth Beach,

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the District four commission runoff between Anthony Sagrich and Greg
Richter takes place. I have never really gotten involved in
this capacity, but what I will tell you is that
if you are in Lakeworth Beach's District four race, Hello neighbor. Secondly,
get out there and vote today and vote for Anthony Segrich.

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The man should be the next commissioner. He's run of
the best race of any local candidate I have ever
seen and is exponentially the better choice here. Voting in
these communities take place from seven am to seven pm today.
As Flora's property insurance market continues to recover, Florida's insurance

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commissioners set to commence another round of policy transfers from
Citizens Insurance, the state's insurive last resort offers for approximately
one hundred and thirty thousand policy holders, or about fifteen
percent of the existing Citizens policy account, will be coming
from three property insurance companies, Slide, Patriot, and Mangrove Insurance.

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Property owners must switch if the offers are within twenty
percent of the existing policy costs from Citizens. Citizens has
reduced its policy account by nearly half since the peak
of the insurance crisis two years ago. South Florida has
entered severe drought conditions according to the National Weather Service,
with all of paul Beach County in a severe drought condition.

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Paulage County actually in the worst shape of any county
in the state, along with most of Broward and Miami
Day being in the severe drought as well. Overall, for
the state of Florida this year, the dry season has
been the thirty seventh dryest on record, with just over
an inch less of rain. Compared to this point in
the year, South Florida, we've only had about eighteen percent

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of the typical rainfall. As the driest location within the state,
Catty's guys, with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. On that note,
we could use those today and warm today as well.
High as in the low eighties, which is a bit
warmer than usual for the state will have clearer and
slightly cooler weather. On Wednesday, gas prices surged from the
lowest price of the year on Monday, as they so

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called suburb blend of fuel has begun to make its
way into gas stations. The average price four regular unleaded
statewide currently three h nine per gallon, that is thirteen
cents higher than yesterday, and the Palm Beaches average price
three twenty two in Martin three fifteen. In Indian River County,
the average checking in at three twelve per gallon. All right,
some quick headlines on the national front. President Trump asking

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the Supreme Court to block an order forcing the government
to rehire fired federal workers. Trump and Elon Musk had
thousands laid off as part of the Department of Government
Efficiencies efforts to restrict the size of the federal workforce.
President Trump says he's nominating Susan Manarez to lead the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC. She'd already been

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serving as the CDC's acting director. Postmaster General Lewis de
Joy stepping down as head of the US Postal Service
the Joy was appointed to lead the independent government agency
in twenty twenty, announced his resignation yesterday. Deputy Postmaster General
Doug Tulino will be in charge until a successor can
be named. And South Korean carmaker Hyundai making a twenty

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billion dollar investment in the United States. It includes five
billion dollar steel plant in Louisiana. Those are some headlines.