Florida News That Impacts You – June 30th, 2026
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 signed Florida’s budget into law on Monday in advance of the start of the state’s new fiscal year on Wednesday. The $117.6 billion budget excluded $810 million in line-item vetoes by the governor. The governor highlighted that the budget marks the fourth consecutive year that the state budget has declined (since peak COVID spending), while maxing out the state’s Rainy-Day fund of $5 billion while growing state reserves to $18 billion, while also paying down 50% of the state’s debt. The new budget includes record per pupil spending of $9,338.
- Among the vetoes, by the governor was $4.8 million to remodel Palm Beach State College’s Boca Raton administrative building, $3 million to purchase a helicopter for the Palm Beach County Healthcare District and $3 million for various projects at Palm Beach County’s water treatment plants.
- Aldi announced a new grocery store is on track to be opened on Bridge Road in Hobe Sound this summer. The former Winn-Dixie location closed last November and is being converted to an Aldi location.
- It'll be sunny and hot with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Today’s high will be in the low 90’s – warmer than usual for this date. The National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance off of the coast of the Carolinas with a slight 10% chance of development. Persistent Saharan dust from the coast of Africa extends over most of the southern and mid-Atlantic with dust extending over the Caribbean, Cuba, and much of the Gulf of America.
- The price of gas fell by a penny per gallon on Monday. The average price for regular unleaded fuel is currently $3.77 per gallon statewide – 74 cents per gallon lower than peak May prices. In Palm Beach County the average price is $3.95 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.79, it’s $3.79 in St. Lucie, and in Indian River County the average is $3.80 per gallon.