Florida Budget Shortchanges Public Defenders, Threatening Treasure Coast Court Backlogs
State prosecutors would get $10,000 raises and 40 new positions; public defense lawyers would receive $3,500 and just 8 jobs
State prosecutors would get $10,000 raises and 40 new positions; public defense lawyers would receive $3,500 and just 8 jobs
A 40-acre brush fire, an I-95 pursuit, and a slaying suspect's escape raise hard questions about emergency response capacity across the Treasure Coast
A four-county service that ran 112,000 trips last year hits a state funding wall — and a $76,000 monthly fuel bill signals deeper trouble ahead
Whether Treasure Coast counties have received their share of federal disaster dollars remains unconfirmed
CR-512 widening, A1A resurfacing, and Gifford trail projects anchor a five-year program that planners warn could take a decade to deliver
A 2025 Florida DEP assessment says the barrier island could be split in two — and a town commissioner admits the community has been 'reapplying the Band-Aid' for years
Commissioners vote 4-0 to cut red tape, boost funding, and add teeth to clawback rules for county's most ambitious incentive push
Rosa Mena injected clients with Botox from a makeshift clinic on Northwest Coosa Drive, leaving at least one victim with partial facial paralysis
Suspects smashed their way into 40+ stores across 13 counties; a Stuart hardware shop was the first known target