Florida News That Impacts You – April 2nd, 2025

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

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is Florida's news that impacts you on the Brian
Musial and Brian Mudd and Joel Malkin with you.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
There's a very very tight, narrow majority in the House
coming out of this election cycle. We need to do
everything we can to expand that majority, and that really
starts with keeping these races.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Which is exactly what happened in Florida last night. That is,
RNC Chair Michael Wattley and Yes, Republicans Randy Fine and
Jimmy Patronis easily carried their special congressional elections in Florida's
first and sixth districts, winning by fourteen and fifteen points, respectively,
expanding the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives.

(00:43):
Governor DeSantis announced that each of Florida's sixty seven sheriff's
offices now have a Hope Florida Liaison in their office.
The liaisons point of contact between the sheriff's office and
the Casey DeSantis led HOPE program that brings together the
private sector, faith based community, and nonprofits. Also utilizes Hope
navigators to guide individuals through existing resources and what they

(01:08):
suggest is a pathway to economic prosperity. And self sufficiency. Today,
over one hundred and eighteen thousand Flordians have used the
Hope for program. Over thirty thousand who are on government
assistance programs that are completely off of them have become
self sufficient. Baby Jelanic has plans to increase its current
enrollment from the maximum of three thousand students to five

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thousand students as it seeks to expand its footprint in
West Palm Beach. According to plans submitted to the city,
PBA wants to build a twenty five story student dorm
with two hundred and seventy five units eight hundred and
eighty eight parking spots to accommodate the proposed increase of enrollment.
This comes as the schools currently in the process of

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adding a six story business school on campus. Mostly clear
skies warm again today hins in the mid eighties, which
is warmer than usual for the state. Similar but windier
weather on Thursday gas prices and they surged by ten
cents per gallon Yesterday the average price four regular on
Lettin St. Y three seventeen per gallon and the Bob

(02:10):
Beaches the average price three thirty one martin three twenty
three and also above the state average as well in
Indian River County. At three twenty one, all right.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Good morning, Let's get a look at some national headlines
and we'll start the first two covered in Bryan's Takeaways.
It's America's Liberation Day according to President Trump. New tariffs
expected to take effect against Canada, Mexico, China, and the EU.
Trumpell Marcus executive orders with an event in the Rose
Garden dubbed make America Wealthy Again. At four pm, Democrat

(02:39):
back judge Susan Crawford the winner and the open seat
on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She defeated Republican back to
former Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimmel. While it was nonpartisan race,
it became the target of millions spent by groups on
both sides of the political isle, including those links to
Elon Musk, who was supporting Shimmel. Well. The last of
four missing American soldiers in Lithuania has been found dead.

(03:00):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt telling reporters a soldier
and three others died after a vehicle accident last month.
The four went missing March twenty fifth discovered roughly fifteen
feet deep in a bog Corey Booker now holds the
record for the longest Senate speech ever. That's it, Spartacus,
just over twenty five hours. The New Jersey Democrats started

(03:22):
his marathon speech at seven pm Monday nights in protest
to the Trump administration What else? Booker protesting President Trump's
tariffs steps Trump is taking to dismantle the Department of
Ed and other policies, saying the nation is in crisis.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
On the one hand, it is impressive at a certain
level to keep going for ever twenty five hours. On
the other hand, you talk about somebody who is desperate
for attention, you notice me for it. I mean that's
when he was Spartacus. And by the way, if you're
like Sparkus thing, what was Kavanaugh when he was trying
to do in when he was defaming Brett having On,

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trying to keep him off the Supreme Court? This horrible
human being who would defame somebody who was completely innocent
the way that he would call to himself Spartacus and
said this is my Spartacus moment, trying to keep having
off by defaming him. Talk about somebody who is yes
desperate in many ways.

Speaker 3 (04:19):
And one sad note at a Hollywood actor Val Kilmer
has died. He was known, of course, for his performance
as Jim Morrison in the film The Doors, most recently
reprising his role as the iceman top Gun Maverick also
played Batman once. Kilmer's daughter says the cause was pneumonia.
He was sixty six. Those are your headlines.