Florida News That Impacts You – July 18th, 2025
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.
- Florida’s Supreme Court upheld Florida’s current congressional map, largely drawn by Governor DeSantis, ending the multi-year and multi-cycle legal battle that’s played out in both federal and state courts. The largest point of contention was a previously majority Black district drawn between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. The court found with the DeSantis administration that the previously gerrymandered district violated the Constitution's equal protection guarantees.
- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will release grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case today amid the recent backlash to the DOJ’s claims that no client list existed and that Epstein’s death was indeed a suicide.
- The Martin County School District will maintain School Resource Officers for the upcoming school year. The announcement Thursday came amid concerns that a tentative agreement reached with the sheriff’s office in May hadn’t been finalized.
- Two Brazilian illegal aliens, one wanted by INTERPOL for murder, the other operating an illegal business within the U.S., were arrested in Orlando by FDLE in a joint operation with the Homeland Security Task Force. The duo are husband and wife and were noted as having violated the terms of their nonimmigrant visas.
- It'll be hot and humid with a chance of rain and thunderstorms throughout the day today with highs near 90, which is a touch warmer than usual for this date. A Saharan dust plume has moved into the Gulf with another plume currently working across the central Atlantic and Caribbean. It looks as though it will remain mostly south of Florida as it makes its way towards the Gulf. Related...
- The National Hurricane Center’s 7-day Tropical Weather Outlook is clear.
- Gas prices dropped a penny per gallon on Thursday. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $3.13 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.29 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.18 and in Indian River County the average is $3.14 per gallon.