Florida News That Impacts You – March 6th, 2026
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast.
- Most Floridians are continuing to see auto insurance premiums decline. According to Florida CFO Mike Yaworsky, approximately 80% of auto insurance policy holders have seen auto insurance premiums lowered over the past year – with the average decline in price totaling 8%. Litigation reforms passed over the previous few years are credited with the progress to reduce insurance premiums.
- Another nurse in Florida is urging harm, not to individuals this time, but to the entire country. Joyce Schulz-Kilian, owner of Sarasota-based At Your Request Patient Advocate, took to TikTok to encourage China, Canada and England to attack the United States. In her video she states: Come in and attack United States. You don’t like our regime, we don’t like it either. Help us. Please, help the United States. Come in, come in, help us! We’ll figure it out. We don’t like our regime either. Come on! Help us! The video comes following two nurses recently having their licenses revoked in Florida for wishing harm to conservatives using social media.
- City officials in Rivera Beach recently received subpoenas from the FBI as part of an investigation into city council members, according to reporting from CBS 12. The FBI declined to comment on the matter. The investigation follows the 2024 coverup of a contaminated water supply within the city that led to significant turnover in addition to a new $400 million water treatment facility.
- It’ll be another beautiful but windy day with highs around 80 throughout the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. Gusty conditions persist for coastal communities. We can expect similar weather for the rest of the week.
- Gas prices rose by another 11 cents per gallon on Thursday on the back of the war with Iran. The average price for regular unleaded in Florida is currently $3.35 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.48 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.39, it’s $3.38 in St. Lucie, and in Indian River County the average is $3.37 per gallon.