Florida News That Impacts You – July 10th, 2025
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.
- The United States Supreme Court denied a request by the state of Florida to lift a stay on the enforcement of Florida’s newest immigration law, passed in February, to allow for state enforcement of federal immigration law. The stay on the state’s law will remain in place while the case is heard in federal court.
- A budget standoff between Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers and county commissioners continued at Wednesday’s commission meeting as commissioners and Sheriff Flowers remain $10 million apart on funding for the operation of the Sheriff’s department. The commission will resume a budget hearing today with public comment scheduled for 2:15 this afternoon.
- An eight-day closure of Northlake Blvd. at Beeline Highway will begin on August 1st for CSX to be able to make major repairs to the railroad crossing, which will include removing rails, panels and signals. It’s been a priority for the repairs to be made prior to the start of the new school year.
- It'll be mostly sunny and hot today with thunderstorms possible throughout the day and highs near 90, which is a bit warmer than usual for this date. A significant Saharan dust plume is moving into the Caribbean from the mid-Atlantic and is likely to impact Florida this weekend.
- The National Hurricane Center’s 7-day tropical outlook is clear with no tropical cyclone activity expected over the next week.
- Gas prices dropped another two cents per gallon on Wednesday. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $2.99 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.16 per gallon, in Martin the average is $2.97 and in Indian River County the average is $3.00 per gallon.