Sara Baxter News Today

Elected leaders in Palm Beach County are a step closer to getting more affordable housing built in Palm Beach County.

The recommendation on spending nearly $150 million in opioid settlement money over 20 years received a warm and sympathetic reaction from the county commission.

An informational meeting via Zoom by the Palm Beach County Planning Division about road widening on the northern border of Royal Palm Beach drew a lot of pushback.

Months of meetings and advocacy comes down to Thursday when Palm Beach County commissioners will vote on proposed ordinance that will directly impact truckers in the Loxahatchee and The Acreage area.

Only a couple of months after GL Homes began work on its latest Lotus residential community, Lotus Edge, in West Boca, the developer has received approval to move forward with plans to develop 322 more luxury townhomes right next to it. During a Palm Beach County Zoning hearing on Jan. 25, county commissioners voted 4-2 to advance the project, which would plant the homes on about 70 acres east ...

Whether large tractor-trailer rigs can be stored on residential lots in The Acreage area will be debated by palm Beach County commissioners on Jan. 26.

A semi-truck in your neighbor’s driveway? A ruling by the Palm Beach County Commission could allow just that — in the more rural parts of the county. On Jan. 25, the Palm Beach County Commissioners will again discuss a proposal to allow for commercial vehicles — even semi-trucks and tractor trailers, in some cases — on private properties in parts of the Indian Trail Improvement District and ...

County Commissioner Sara Baxter has once again failed to convince her colleagues to approve the hiring of a fourth aide. Request comes at time of budget shortfalls.

County lobbyist to lobby state legislators to approve a bill that would require target shooters to keep bullets within the confines of their properties.

Truckers ticketed for parking on their own property during an uptick in code enforcement are asking for options as the county works through zoning decisions.