Commissioners waved through three major projects over traffic objections while PulteGroup launches a 239-home Fort Pierce community targeting priced-out Miami-Dade and Broward buyers
St. Lucie County commissioners approved more than 500 residential units in a single meeting Tuesday — green-lighting three separate housing developments over persistent traffic objections — as homebui...
The watchdog group flagged $416 million in questionable spending last year; local water, transportation and emergency management projects fall into categories under scrutiny in 2026-27 budget
A Florida government watchdog group is set to release its annual "Budget Turkey" report Monday, and local officials on the Treasure Coast have reason to watch closely — the $114.5 billion state budget...
State prosecutors would get $10,000 raises and 40 new positions; public defense lawyers would receive $3,500 and just 8 jobs
Florida's emerging state budget hands prosecutors a $10,000 pay raise and 40 new positions — then offers public defenders $3,500 and eight jobs, a disparity that legal experts warn could stack cases i...
Five-year program targets CR 512 widening, 510 overpass, and Sebastian Inlet bridge — but rising costs and shrinking federal dollars threaten delivery
The Indian River County Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Advisory Committee voted Tuesday to approve a $254 million transportation improvement program — one of the county's most ambitious ...
Legislature eliminates up to $100M in elite university rewards during Special Session budget talks, ending a program that shaped Florida's higher-ed ambitions
Florida's legislature killed a program that once steered as much as $100 million annually to the state's top-ranked universities, ending a funding mechanism that higher-education advocates say helped ...
Heritage Oaks neighbors cited traffic and wildlife concerns; council approved 4-1 with conditions including a landscape buffer wall and road-connection ban
For nearly two decades, the scraped and graded land at the southwest corner of Cross Town Parkway and Southwest Fair Green Drive sat dormant — cleared in the mid-2000s, never built, and caught between...
Teachers, nurses, and first responders on the Treasure Coast may be next in line for down payment help as lawmakers beef up housing programs
Florida lawmakers wrapped up a budget special session that pumps hundreds of millions of dollars into housing affordability, hurricane protection, and water quality — a package that could reshape the ...
Orange County Mayor suspends campaign after cancer diagnosis; Florida school funding protected in Special Session; Lauren Book clears primary field for Senate run
David Jolly, the former Republican-turned-independent congressman with deep ties to Florida's political center, became the uncontested front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Friday a...
A unanimous vote locks in five years of CDBG priorities — but a debate over a Torino sidewalk exposed fault lines in how the city weighs competing neighborhood needs.
The Port St. Lucie City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a five-year Community Development Block Grant plan that routes $1.1 million in federal funding to flood control, park safety, code e...
Five-year spending program covers fiscal years 2027–2031; full board vote set for June 10
The Indian River County Metropolitan Planning Organization's technical advisory committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend a $254 million transportation improvement program that would reshape ke...
St. Lucie and Martin County sheriffs' offices among agencies potentially eligible for state funds
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet on Tuesday approved $90 million in grants for local law enforcement agencies to fund activities related to immigration enforcement — a decision that could dir...
Board unanimously funds five downtown improvement projects; colorful sailfish-and-osprey design for restroom building draws dissent over local-artist concerns
Chuck Gary has waited years to repave the parking lot behind his Stuart law office — long enough that every hard rain turns the cracked asphalt into a small pond and a tripping hazard. On Tuesday, the...
A flyover bridge, water district disputes, and a decade-long timeline stand between drivers and a wider corridor
A $250 million overhaul of County Road 510 — the most ambitious road project in Indian River County in a generation — is grinding through permit disputes, a railroad standoff, and a construction calen...
FEC Railway demands, water district disputes, and a $105M flyover are stretching a 6.4-mile project across more than a decade
Eleven years of community meetings. Fifty-four conversations with the Wabasso neighborhood alone. Yet Indian River County residents who drive County Road 510 every day will wait at least eight more ye...
Two-term Republican's campaign finance troubles leave only Democratic candidates on the ballot; all voters will decide the August primary
A two-term Republican state representative who twice won a traditionally Democratic district appears to have lost her seat before a single general-election vote was cast. Rep. Paula Stark failed to qu...
A redrawn congressional map, a crowded governor's field, and an open House seat in Port St. Lucie set the stage for competitive battles across the region
Florida's 2026 election ballot locked into place Friday as qualifying closed statewide, with immediate consequences for the Treasure Coast: a newly redrawn congressional map has reshuffled district li...
A $105M flyover bridge, unfunded segments stretching to 2032, and community disputes in Wabasso define one of the county's most ambitious road projects
Maria Formoso has spent 11 years shepherding County Road 510 through the machinery of Florida government — permits, contracts, environmental reviews, drainage studies — and on Tuesday she stood before...
CR 510 widening to add four lanes, bike paths by 2033 — if the money materializes
The six-mile stretch of County Road 510 threading through Indian River County's interior is being rebuilt for the next generation — four lanes, sidewalks, bike lanes, and a shared-use path — but the p...
Florida's 19th District field includes two former congressmen, a Jan. 6 pardoned insurrectionist, and a self-funding dairy magnate
Florida's 19th Congressional District — which stretches along the Gulf Coast and carries outsized weight for Treasure Coast voters watching Southwest Florida's political center of gravity shift — now ...
Where 106 townhomes were planned, retail shops and restaurants may rise — but neighbors won security conditions that will shape any future development
The Port St. Lucie City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to strip residential zoning from 9.48 acres in the Tradition master planned community, opening the door to retail shops, restaurants and office develo...
Bold leaps, last-minute bailouts, and a paperwork fumble define the five days that sorted Florida's political ambitions from its political fantasies
Florida's five-day candidate qualifying window closed Friday, and the political map that emerged looked nothing like the one most insiders had sketched — a reality check for Treasure Coast voters watc...
Heritage Oaks residents packed chambers to fight the change; planning staff said the land was never conservation property and has been cleared since the early 2000s
Heritage Oaks residents who drove to City Hall on Tuesday to fight a rezoning vote left empty-handed. The Port St. Lucie City Council unanimously approved converting 9.48 acres at the southwest corner...
