Florida News That Impacts You – April 4th, 2024
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- Governor DeSantis signed 11 bills into law on Wednesday including the Household Moving Services bill, a consumer protection bill which prevents moving companies from price gouging tactics such as withholding possessions until additional, previously unagreed to, payments are made. The Food Delivery Platforms bill is also now law. The new law, which is in effect immediately, creates a state standard for regulation of food delivery companies. The Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program is also soon to be coming to Florida’s schools. The new law will establish a Florida Seal of Fine Arts Program within the Department of Education. The new recognition will be issued to top performing students in the fine arts beginning in the 2024-2025 school year.
- DeSantis said the state of Florida will fight the Biden administration's illegal migrant flight program into the state. A recent Center for Immigration Studies analysis revealed a covert program to fly illegal immigrants directly into Florida from foreign countries. Over 326,000 illegal immigrants have been flown into the state under this program since October. Florida AG Ashley Moody said: This is but one of the many examples of how Biden’s egregious and unlawful immigration policies are disproportionately taxing the resources of certain states.
- In a continued sign of a property insurance recovery within Florida eight new property insurance companies have entered the market ahead of hurricane season. The eight new underwriting companies are: Condo Owners Reciprocal Exchange, Mainsail Insurance Company, Manatee Insurance Exchange, Orange Insurance Exchange, Orion180 Insurance Company, Orion180 Select Insurance Company, Ovation Home Insurance Exchange and Tailrow Insurance Companies.
- Following early morning storms, we’ll have a cooler day today with a high near 80 which is about average for this date. It will be cooler still tomorrow and through the weekend with overnight lows expected in the mid-50's the next couple of nights.
- Gas prices have dropped two cents per gallon for the third straight day. The average price statewide for regular unleaded is currently $3.52 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.74 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.60 and in Indian River County the average is $3.58 per gallon.