In Florida House of Representatives District 86, Democratic incumbent Matt Willhite has drawn a Republican challenger in Susan Kufdakis Rivera. The election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3, but mail-in voting gets underway at the end of September.
Both...
Retired Wellington resident Mary Ann Thompson often buys books for her granddaughter Lauren to read, and one day she read some of them herself.
“I can do this and teach something as well,” she thought and began writing short stories...
This fall’s race for Palm Beach County Sheriff has four-term incumbent Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, a Democrat, being challenged by former Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Lauro Diaz, the Republican nominee.
The election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 3 with...
It’s fairly unusual for a sitting judge to be challenged, but Judge Jaimie Goodman drew two challengers in his bid for a second term in the Group 30 seat on the bench of the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm...
The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council gave preliminary approval to its budget for fiscal year 2020-21 on Tuesday, Sept. 8 after a long discussion on whether to continue pursuit of a cost-sharing grant approved by the Palm Beach County Transportation...
The Royal Palm Beach Village Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday, Sept. 8 to a fiscal year 2020-21 budget of $50.7 million. The budget keeps the same property tax rate of 1.92 mills that the village has maintained over the...
The Wellington Village Council on Tuesday, Sept. 8 approved the first reading of a $101.6 million budget for fiscal year 2020-21. The property tax rate was kept steady at the current 2.47 mills.
Property values in Wellington have increased by...
The retirement of State Sen. Kevin Rader (D-District 29) has set up a race between State Rep. Tina Polsky (D-District 81) and businessman Brian Norton in the race to replace Rader as the state senator for a large part...
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council approved its contract for law enforcement services next year, but asked for an opinion from the state attorney general as to whether the town is required to have more police...
The Palm Beach County Commission gave preliminary approval Thursday, Sept. 3 to its fiscal year 2020-21 budget of $5.4 billion with an ad valorem tax rate of 4.7815 mills.
While the tax rate itself is unchanged from the current year,...
Attorney Jim Carroll is challenging incumbent State Rep. Rick Roth for the District 85 seat in the Florida House of Representatives. The election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 3, with mail-in voting getting underway at the end of September.
District...
Acreage residents Richard Heinl and Keith Jordano are running for Seat 2 on the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 election.
Seat 2 is being vacated by Supervisor Tim Sayre, who chose not to...
