May 03, 2026
Michael Carbonara abandons his challenge against Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to run in Florida's new 22nd District, which extends into Palm Beach County near Martin and Indian River counties.
A Republican congressional candidate's decision to abandon a high-profile South Florida race and stake his claim in Florida's newly drawn 22nd Congressional District carries potential downstream conse...
May 03, 2026
Lawmakers swiftly approved new congressional lines to boost Republican seats, setting up special sessions on property taxes that could hit local voters' wallets.
Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature completed a mid-decade congressional redistricting special session this past week, drawing new maps that could redraw political power across the state — inc...
May 03, 2026
City crews started fixing the span between Atlantic and Aviation boulevards on April 20, advising Indian River County drivers to expect delays during peak commutes for nearly two months.
Drivers crossing the 27th Avenue bridge in Vero Beach should plan for delays after the city launched repairs on the span Monday, with lane closures set to remain in place for nearly two months.
The w...
May 04, 2026
U.S. Army Corps crews swiftly pumped nearly 400,000 cubic yards of sand onto a four-mile eroded shoreline, delighting locals like fisherman Bill Gomez.
For days, Bill Gomez stood on the shoreline at Bob Graham Beach with a fishing rod in hand, watching dredge crews pour sand back onto Martin County's coastline. He expected the work to drag on for wee...
May 05, 2026
Reworked District 8 pulls Indian River County out of its current congressional seat and shifts it into a sprawling inland district stretching to Orlando
Indian River County voters will find themselves in an entirely different congressional district under a new map Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday. The map reworks 21 of Florida's 28 U.S. House districts...
May 05, 2026
Andrew Richard Lukehart, 53, is scheduled for lethal injection June 2 at Florida State Prison, one day after the state executed another death row inmate
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his ninth death warrant of 2026 on Friday for death row inmate Andrew Richard Lukehart, 53, convicted in the murder of a five-month-old in Duval County — one day after Florida...
May 05, 2026
Matheson cites four city managers in six months, lost lawsuits, and misuse of conservation funds as reasons to return
Former Stuart Mayor Merritt Matheson has filed to run for a seat on the Stuart City Commission, citing what he calls mounting chaos inside City Hall — including a rapid turnover of city managers, cost...
May 06, 2026
Voting rights groups argue DeSantis-drawn districts violate the state's Fair Districts amendment — and the fight could redraw the political map for Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River voters
Three separate lawsuits now challenge Florida's newly enacted congressional map, a DeSantis administration-drawn redistricting plan that cuts Democrat-leaning U.S. House districts from eight to four s...
May 06, 2026
New congressional lines crack Soto's Puerto Rican base into five districts and add rural Treasure Coast territory; three lawsuits already filed in Leon County circuit court
Indian River County voters will wake up to a new congressional map after Gov. Ron DeSantis enacted a statewide redistricting plan that pulls the county into a redrawn 9th Congressional District — a se...
May 06, 2026
Abbas Rehman faces grand theft, fraud charges after allegedly using fake IDs and stolen business identities to drain federal food assistance funds
Florida's Chief Financial Officer says his investigators have arrested a man accused of stealing nearly $3 million from a federal food assistance program meant to help struggling families put food on ...
May 07, 2026
A 4-3 commission vote clears a trademark agreement giving Trump's company control over branding — and no exit clause for the county
Palm Beach County commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday to approve a trademark agreement clearing the way to rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport — a deal critics...
May 07, 2026
New state law could affect how Martin, St. Lucie, and Indian River homeowners handle routine fixes — and how counties enforce building codes
Florida homeowners looking to patch a roof, replace a fence, or fix a deck without filing paperwork at the county building department may soon get their wish — and their local code enforcers may have ...
May 09, 2026
SB 484, signed by DeSantis, makes Florida the first state to bind the cost-allocation principle in statute — but the real test comes at the PSC this fall
Treasure Coast homeowners who pay FPL bills have new protection on paper — whether it holds in practice depends on what happens in a regulatory filing room between now and October.
Gov. Ron DeSantis ...
