The latest breaking news, stories and features from West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County from the award-winning team at South Florida's NPR member station.
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The Florida Legislature recently passed a bill that seriously limits how local governments can support LGBTQ Pride — but local institutions are pressing on anyways. Gov. Ron DeSantis is likely to sign it into law.
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A nonprofit in Lake Worth Beach that supports refugees and immigrants must relocate children after announcing its closure following the Trump administration’s cuts to federal funding.
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In his latest poetry book, O, Miami founder P. Scott Cunningham details his experiences in South Florida, showing readers what it looks like through the eyes of a former resident.
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86-year-old billionaire Herbie Wertheim and friend of Trump seeks Republican Party’s nod to challenge Lois Frankel in Trump’s home district.
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When Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw last year embraced a plan to build a vocational high school on land near the long-shuttered county stockade, Hispanic activist Jorge Garrido believed his dream to train teens for well-paying jobs was within reach.
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is for the first time collecting data on verbal warnings made during traffic stops. The change comes after years of urging by faith-based social justice coalition PEACE and is advised by a nationally recognized expert on bias in policing.
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The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County is celebrating the arts with a month-long campaign offering plenty of ways to explore and save.
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‘Political stunt’: Democrats scold DeSantis over $5.5M cost to rename Palm Beach airport after TrumpIn a statement, House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, said Monday that DeSantis and Republicans in the Florida Legislature "decided to prioritize wasting five million of your taxpayer dollars on renaming an airport after the President."
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A Florida airport was cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump on Monday, hours before the president revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library.
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In a new film by a Miami-based director, Catholicism and Judaism are portrayed not as opposing forces – but as complementary sources of comfort for a grieving teenager.
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Emily Gregory’s 2 percentage-point win over Jon Maples for the District 87 state House seat that includes Mar-a-Lago drew national attention starting just hours after polls closed with Gregory’s appearance on MS NOW’s “The Briefing with Jen Psaki.”
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The Winter Equestrian Festival ended in controversy this season, as Wellington International announced the termination of its CEO.