TC PALM: Florida Lottery is a Lesson for Amendment 1
Months after voters approved the Florida Lottery in 1986, Treasure Coast educators pleaded with lawmakers to use money generated from the program as intended: To enhance education. “It is imperative ...
Miami Herald: The Pain Continues for Amendment 1 Support
Environmental groups hoping the Florida Senate would do better than the House in respecting the intent of Amendment 1 were disappointed on Thursday. The Senate’s appropriations subcommittee on general government, ...
Editorial: Public Participation Critical to success of Indian River Lagoon Council
The Indian River Lagoon Council will hold its second meeting March 27. Chances are you know little about the council beyond what has been reported in this newspaper. There’s a ...
Seniors Speak Out Against All Aboard Florida
"You don't care about us!" Mary McHugh lives in a mobile home park a few hundred yards away from the railroad tracks where All Aboard Florida wants to send 32 ...
New Indian River Lagoon Council has Inaugural Meeting
By Angela Smith, tcpalm.com PALM BAY — Help is slowly on the way for the Indian River Lagoon. Multiple agencies tasked with protecting the multicounty waterway met Wednesday for the ...
Could This Disaster Happen Here?
The Guardians of Martin County & Citizens Against The Train Fund continue to raise awareness about the potential dangers associated with All Aboard Florida through public awareness campaigns like this ...
Stuart News Editorial: No Making Nice with AAF
If only the Treasure Coast had been more cooperative with All Aboard Florida. Who knew we might have gained a train stop by going along with the project? That’s the ...
More than two dozen injured in a crash with a commuter train in California.
OXNARD, Calif. — Authorities are questioning a truck driver involved in a crash with a commuter train that injured 28 people northwest of Los Angeles early Tuesday. Scott Johnson, a ...
Indian River Medical Center CEO: AAF Threatens Healthy and Safety of IRC Residents
In a letter to All Aboard Florida, Indian River Medical Center's CEO calls the current plans for AAF are "simply not acceptable without addressing the adverse impact on health for ...