Florida News That Impacts You – September 1st, 2026
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- The State of Florida is ending the use of Flock and other AI-related cameras on Florida’s state roads. In a Monday memo from the Florida Department of Transportation, agencies have 30 days to remove the cameras from state roads. FDOT has also ended the permitting process for AI cameras on state roads. In response, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told CBS 12: I agree that there needs to be safeguards that prevent abuse as with any technology tool used by law enforcement. However, ALPRs remain an important public safety tool for law enforcement agencies across the country. They have become indispensable and lead to very significant arrests of dangerous suspects.
- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing for a bear hunt for a second consecutive year while upping the total available permits. FWC will allow people to bid with a $5 entry fee starting September 11th, for one of 215 permits to hunt between December 5th and 27th. The total is 43 more permits than last year and likely reflects somewhat successful efforts by conservationists to buy permits to prevent hunters from obtaining them.
- Governor DeSantis announced $23 million of grants through the Florida Job Growth Fund, the Florida Department of Transportation’s Spaceport Improvement Program, and Florida’s Defense Reinvestment Grant Program on Monday. The awards are aimed at “strengthening Florida’s military communities, growing workforce opportunities, and advancing projects through Florida’s shipbuilding, aerospace, and supply chain industries to support national security”. Among the recipients were the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance and the South Florida Tech Hub.
- It'll be partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms and highs in the upper 80’s to 90 – warmer than usual for this date. Similar weather is expected throughout the week. The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Edouard as its set to make landfall today as a weak tropical storm near the western Louisiana/eastern Texas coastline. The remnants of tropical storm Dolly fully dissipated yesterday. Persistent Saharan dust from the coast of Africa extends over much of the southern and mid-Atlantic with dust extending over the Caribbean, towards the Gulf of America and South Florida. The dust will limit the development potential of these systems.
- The price of gas rose six cents per gallon on Monday. The average price for regular unleaded fuel statewide is currently $3.94 per gallon. In Palm Beach County the average price is $4.09 per gallon, in Martin the average is $3.97, it’s $3.94 in St. Lucie, and in Indian River County the average is $3.96 per gallon.