Florida News That Impacts You – April 29th, 2025 - Driven By Braman Motorcars
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.
- Today is deadline day for the state legislature to come to an agreement on a budget to avoid the session going into overtime. Currently significant divides exist between the Senate and House proposals over total spending levels and the best way to go about delivering tax cuts for the upcoming year.
- The FBI has issued a warning that scammers are impersonating agents and targeting South Floridians. According to the FBI, scammers are spoofing legitimate FBI numbers so that caller IDs reflect a call coming from the FBI. Scammers are then instructing potential victims to send money to cover settlements. If you receive one of these calls, you’re directed to hang up and report the incident to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at the website ic3.gov.
- Residents of the condo association Green Terrace will have at least another 30 days before the City of West Palm Beach will turn off water at the complex following a bankruptcy filing by the association. According to city officials, water bills at the 80-unit complex haven’t been paid in about three years resulting in $1.4 million in unpaid water bills. Monday was to be the day the city would cut off water to the complex, but that was delayed due to bankruptcy proceedings. The city is currently offering up to $7,000 per unit for moving expenses for residents to relocate out of the complex as it’s expected to be foreclosed on following legal proceedings.
- Today will be cloudy and breezy to start with a chance of passing showers with skies clearing throughout the afternoon. Highs will be near 80 which is a little cooler than usual for this date. We’ll have nice weather for the rest of the week.
- Gas prices rose a penny per gallon on Monday with larger increases locally. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $3.05 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.22 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.08 and in Indian River County the average is $3.09 per gallon.