Florida News That Impacts You – January 3rd, 2024
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- According to U-Haul's annual report of Top Growth States, which is based on the number of one-way movers using their vehicles, Florida ranked second to Texas for the most growth for the third year in a row. According to their findings California had the most people leaving a state for the fourth consecutive year – many of which made the cross-country trip to Florida. Among one-way movers to Florida is...
- WJNO’s Sean Hannity. The Palm Beach resident announced he’s officially moved to Florida from New York after years of publicly toying with the idea. He owns a townhouse in Palm Beach on Sloan’s Curve. During his radio show on Tuesday Hannity stated he’s: Broadcasting now from my new home in the free state of Florida. If anybody is listening to this program for any length of time, been threatening now to do this for quite a while, but we are now beginning our first broadcast of my new home, and that is in the free state of Florida. I am out. I am done. I’m finished. New York, New York, goodbye. Florida, Florida, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. But it’s great to be here.
- Florida continues to have the highest percentage of small businesses in the country with nearly 395,000 in total. QR code company Qrfy.com found that 64% of all Florida businesses are small businesses, defined in the study as businesses with 5 or fewer employees.
- Temperatures will remain below the seasonal norms today by about 4 degrees with highs in the lower 70’s as a cool front lingers over Florida.
- Gas prices are twenty-four cents lower than a year ago and a penny lower than yesterday. The average price statewide for regular unleaded is $3.05 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.21 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.15 and in Indian River County the average is $3.05 per gallon.