Florida News That Impacts You – November 4th, 2025
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.
- Governor DeSantis announced four children’s hospitals will each receive $7.5 million in state grants as part of the state’s recently established Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator initiative to combat childhood cancer and to make it easier and affordable for families to receive care. The recipients are Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital System, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, and Nemours Children’s Hospital.
- Palm Beach County officials held a press conference on Monday to highlight the United Way’s Food Finder Map for families in need of food assistance following the temporary lapse of SNAP benefits resulting from the partial government shutdown. The Food Finder Map directs people to food pantries, food distribution sites and meal sites in the area. On Monday the Trump administration announced that that partial SNAP benefits would be paid out by Wednesday using contingency funds.
- Sunny skies and seasonal temps today with highs in the low 80’s. A thin plume of Saharan dust is tracking from the Caribbean Sea through the Bahamas with another light plume in the central Atlantic, acting as a headwind for tropical development. Related...
- The National Hurricane Center’s map is clear. Tropical cyclone activity is not expected during the next 7 days.
- Gas prices fell two cents per gallon on Monday. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $2.94 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.12 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.02, it’s $2.97 in St. Lucie, and in Indian River County the average is $2.96 per gallon.