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Palm Beach County Commission considers backing constitutional amendment
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe Palm Beach County Commission may wade into constitutional law and take a stand on a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Bringing a Washington D.C. political fight to their West Palm Beach meeting chambers, county commissioners are considering...Tags: Ted Deutch, Freedom of the Press, U.S. Congress, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court
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Palm Beach County Commission backs down on wage theft law
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsBusiness pressure on Tuesday squashed a proposed Palm Beach County wage theft law, which religious leaders long sought to help low-income workers recover overdue pay. For nearly three years, a coalition of local religious leaders urged the County...Tags: Anglicanism, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Labor Legislation, Justice System
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Palm Beach County Commission considers switch to 'mayor'
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County may be getting a mayor. Instead of calling the head of the seven-member County Commission the "chairman," commissioners are considering changing the moniker to "mayor." The change would be in name only, not adding any more duties......Tags: Broward County, Local Elections, Politics, Elections
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Abrams becomes Palm Beach County Commission chairman
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners Tuesday chose Commissioner Steven Abrams as their new chairman. On the same day that new board members Hal Valeche and Mary Lou Berger joined the commission and commissioners Priscilla Taylor and Shelley Vana were sworn in.... -
Koons makes first return to County Commission following scandal
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsTwo years after scandal chased Jeff Koons from the Palm Beach County Commission, he returned Tuesday to speak for the first time at a commission meeting. Koons came back to voice support for a long-stalled West Palm Beach development deal......Tags: Trials, Punishment, South Florida Water Management District, Blackmail and Extortion
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Intimidation complaints about deputies fail to trigger commission changes
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPublic speaking can be scary enough. But add a sheriff???s deputy standing within arms??? reach as a warning against potential bad behavior and it can take that nervousness to a whole other level. Members of the public started complaining of...... -
Berger, Valeche join Vana on County Commission Nov. 20
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsTwo new faces and one incumbent selected by voters Tuesday night will officially take their place on the Palm Beach County Commission Nov. 20. That???s the day that Commissioner Shelley Vana will be sworn in for her second term and......Tags: Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Politics, Elections, Democratic Party
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Palm Beach County Commission balks at renewed wage theft proposal
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsA coalition of Palm Beach County religious groups came up short in its push for the County Commission this month to consider approving a long-delayed local wage theft law. Wage theft, where employers fail to pay what they owe, cheats......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation, Employment
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Monday Morning Reads: Charter schools, slot machines and property taxes
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — It's less than a week before Christmas and Hannukah starts tomorrow, so the capital city is filled with the holiday spirit and its stores are filled with sales. And while one would think that state policy makers would be quieting... -
Palm Beach County splits Peanut Island
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsSplitting the peanut ??? Peanut Island, that is ??? turned into the solution Tuesday to a Palm Beach County Commission political fight over territory that doesn???t include any actual voters. The commission decided that Peanut Island, the popular park...Tags: Riviera Beach, Local Government, Peanuts, Delray Beach, Politics
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Wednesday Morning Reads: Slot referendum is a go & food stamp usage is up
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Halfway through the week and hopefully most of you are cycling out for vacation days to celebrate your chosen holiday or to spend time getting some R&R. But for those of you toiling away in the government and politics world, or for th.... -
Ag Reserve school development fight goes to Palm Beach County Commission
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe fight over the future of Palm Beach County???s Agricultural Reserve goes before the County Commission on Tuesday. Residents living in neighborhoods that spread to prime farmland west of Boynton Beach and Delray Beach want permission to build charter...Tags: Natural Resources, Boynton Beach, Charter Schools, Delray Beach, Wildlife
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