Gas Update: Florida gas prices break another record as $5 a gallon nears

Gas Prices Continue to Increase – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by jittawit21 If you think you paid a bit more for gas over the last week in the Sunshine State, you are right. As Florida gas prices hit another high, AAA predicts that prices will soon reach $5 per gallon.  According to the auto group,

The Sunshine State approves 10 tax-free holidays for essentials like diapers and gas

Tax-Free Holiday Coming to Florida Gas – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by zedspider A variety of essential items, from gas to diapers, will be tax-free in Florida in the next couple of months thanks to a recently approved bill by Governor Ron DeSantis. According to the governor’s office, House Bill 7071 gives Florida residents 10

Uber temporarily raises prices for rides and food delivery in Florida

Uber — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Lutsenko_Oleksandr Your next Uber ride or Uber Eats order may cost a little more than usual.  High gas prices have made it harder for drivers of ride-booking apps like Uber and Lyft, which means longer wait times for anyone trying to get somewhere or have food delivered. Beginning on March

Wealthy Russians continue to buy properties in Florida

Sunny Isles Beach Russians — Courtesy: Shutterstock — B Cruz Sunny Isles, Florida, has been an escape for Russia’s rich and elite. In Sunny Isles Beach, also known as “Little Moscow” and “Moscow by the Sea,” real estate experts say wealthy Russians are putting down major money towards empty condos.   “They love to be here,

Florida gas prices surpass $4 with no relief in sight

Sky High Gas Prices — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Laura Gangi Pond Drivers in the Sunshine State and across the U.S. continue to feel the effects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine at the pump. On Monday morning, the average price of gasoline was $4.007 per gallon in Florida. This is the most expensive it

Florida teen who tracked Elon Musk’s plane is now tracking Russian billionaire’s jets

Russian Jets — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Dimitrije Ostojic For Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX and chief executive of Tesla, traveling by private jet might not be such a private endeavor anymore, and now it won’t be for Russian billionaires either. A 19-year-old student from the University of Central Florida who went viral for

How South Florida may be impacted by Russian sanctions

Vladimir Putin at Russian Conference — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Sasa Dzambic Photography After several weeks of growing tensions, nearly 200,000 Russian troops assembled at Ukraine’s border and began a broad military offensive, with world leaders warning that this series of attacks could lead to one of the biggest conflicts Europe has seen since World War