Florida News That Impacts You – August 8th, 2025

Florida News That Impacts You – August 8th, 2025 

Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.    

• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee who recently ruled against Florida’s newest immigration law, has issued a two-week halt to the expansion of Alligator Alcatraz while she considers the environmental impact of operating the pre-existing facility. The order doesn’t impact existing operations at the detension facility. 
• Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez is creating a select committee to consider a congressional redistricting plan for the state. The development comes following Governor DeSantis’s public support for pursing redistricting ahead of next year’s midterm elections. 
• Today is day seven of the scheduled eight-day closure of Northlake Blvd. at Beeline Highway for CSX railroad crossing repairs. Delays of an hour or more are possible with detours of 21 and 34 miles serving as the only options for navigating around the closure. 
• It'll be mostly cloudy for much of the day with increased chances for rain and thunderstorms throughout the day with highs in the upper 80’s, which is typical for this date. A thin layer of Saharan dust will begin impacting South Florida today making it’s way over the state through the weekend. Another plume is currently tracking across the central Atlantic. Related... 
• Two systems are being tracked in the Atlantic by the National Hurricane Center. There’s a disturbance moving towards the mid-Atlantic with a 60% chance of development and a disturbance off the Southeast U.S. coastline, moving away from the coast, with a 20% chance of development, neither pose threats to us. 
• Gas prices were lower by three cents per gallon on Thursday. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $3.10 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.25 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.16 St. Lucie is at $3.12, and in Indian River County the average is $3.10 per gallon.