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Indian River County Poised For Another Lawsuit Against Virgin Trains/Brightline

From Lisa Broadt, Treasure Coast Newspapers: Indian River County Explores New Strategy to Fight Virgin Trains IRC County Commissioners voted unanimously this week to hire a Vero Beach law firm ...
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Brian Mast Calls For SFWMD Resignations

Story by Tyler Treadway, Treasure Coast Newspapers U.S. Rep. Brian Mast said South Florida Water Management District board members should resign, but it's unclear what Gov.-Elect Ron DeSantis plans to ...
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Turning The Toxic Tide

Turning the Toxic Tide is a series of editorials published collectively by the six editorial boards of USA TODAY Network-Florida, with the goal of providing an environmental road map for the ...
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Martin County Settles Train Lawsuit

Update: Saturday, November 24, 2018: Martin County Commissioners called for an urgent meeting this morning to discuss whether to go forward with settlement, after IRC turned it down. With a ...

Brightline to become “Virgin Trains USA”

The Miami Herald reports that the high-speed passenger rail, Brightline, has formed a strategic partnership with Virgin Group, the entertainment-transportation-mobile phone giant conceived in 1970 by Richard Branson. The partnership ...
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Brightline Headed from Tampa to Orlando?

From Treasure Coast Newspapers: Brightline wants to run its high-speed passenger train from Orlando to Tampa.  So far, it's the only company submitting a proposal to lease the land between ...
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Local Scientists Work to Improve Fishing

From Treasure Coast Newspapers Researchers with Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce are asking local anglers to lend a helping hand when it comes to monitoring ...
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Stuart to pursue Brightline station, 3 Downtown Locations

From Treasure Coast Newspapers: City commissioners on Monday unanimously agreed to apply for a Brightline station. The commission made its decision after soliciting community input through a public workshop and ...
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President Signs WRDA Law for Reservoir

From Treasure Coast Newspapers: Building the reservoir to cut Lake Okeechobee discharges is now federal law. President Donald Trump signed the federal Water Resources Development Act Tuesday. WRDA includes a ...