Palm Beach

Now investing $8.2 million dollars in Israeli-government backed bonds, FAU joins the ranks of biggest investors to the Middle East nation. Eearnings from the bonds help fund the university's Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies and other academic areas.

Commissioner Joel Flores told WLRN the $3.3 million contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office was in response to safety concerns by other commissioners. It comes after recent reports that a commissioner — soon to be county mayor — used deputies as her personal security detail, including for visits to the president’s Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago.

Flights within roughly one-mile radius of Trump's Palm Beach club are now restricted via new federal rules. Flights to and from Palm Beach International airport will be affected. On the ground, neighborhoods north of the airport in West Palm Beach will likely hear the difference.

According to legislation Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on June 13, all municipalities along the highway must sign off on the honorary designation. Since Trump’s name would be added to the stretch from Kirk Road east to State Road A1A at Mar-a-Lago, that means the county, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach must give it the OK.

Larry Robbins doesn’t play goalie but the billionaire hockey fan and philanthropist may have just made his greatest save. Robbins pledged $41.5 million to meet a July 3 deadline to line up the financing and start construction of a two-rink ice complex at Plant Drive Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

According to Modern Healthcare, the letter demands the hospitals and a law firm stop spreading "false statements" about Leapfrog Group and its safety grades process.

The popular nonprofit called 1909 is taking over 9,000 square feet on Clematis Street in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach for its new headquarters.

The Glazer Hall for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach is moving toward a year-end opening with the announcement of a recent donation exceeding $15 million.

Palm Beach County Commission hasn’t established qualifications but wants to move quickly to replace Verdenia Baker.

Longtime Palm Beach County Administrator Verdenia Baker ends 10-year run in Palm Beach County’s top government job. “I’m going to take some time for me and my family.”

Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the United States and the owner of The Palm Beach Post, fired Editorial Page Editor Tony Doris last month after he decided to publish a cartoon about the war in the Gaza Strip.

Andrew Kato, Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s producing artistic director, will celebrate 20 years in Palm Beach County this year.