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Ana CeballosMarch 13, 2018

In the midst of an emotional last week of Session, a tearful state Rep. Larry Lee Jr. told his colleagues in the Florida House in a 40-minute speech that he would not seek re-election. Six days later, he is reconsidering that decision. He is rethinking things because he says his phone has not stopped ringing. […]

Gary FineoutMay 31, 2016

Florida will only get back a small portion of the millions it invested in a failed visual effects film studio whose high-profile bankruptcy was used in the contentious 2014 election between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist. State and local governments in April reached a settlement in a complicated legal battle that involved filings in […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 14, 2016

U.S. Sugar is hitting back over claims that sugarcane farmers are to blame for the harmful Lake Okeechobee discharges. The Army Corps of Engineers has been releasing water from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers for about a month. The releases came after a wetter-than-normal January. South Florida officials have said the […]

Sally SwartzJanuary 21, 2016

Huge pipes and trusses destined to become part of Port St. Lucie’s $150 million Crosstown Parkway bridge are stacked neatly in piles beside the St. Lucie River’s North Fork. Last week, Port St. Lucie invited the public to a workshop to check out the bridge design and vote for favorite sculptures to place on pillars […]

Associated PressJanuary 15, 2016

Port St. Lucie, a disparate series of residential developments and strip malls, had little to boast beyond its proximity to a nuclear plant and its fame as the spring training home of the New York Mets. Then Lily Zhong came to town, plunked down $500,000 for vacant land and promised to finally build a real […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 8, 2015

The story of the Port St. Lucie Crosstown Parkway Bridge tells how we lose Florida’s natural beauty, resources, and ecosystems, even if they exist in our Preserve State Parks. It’s the story of a battle that must be fought if we are to save any of them. In 1990, the city of Port St. Lucie […]

Mike SchneiderJune 28, 2015

Surely it must be the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, where the traffic jams are legendary. Or Orlando, where thousands of often lost and wandering tourists mix with residents to create a glacial sludge of cars. And if not those, it must be the Tampa Bay area, where many commuters contend with bridges and causeways as they […]

Guest AuthorJune 8, 2015

This is a story about pediatric cancer clusters in Florida. It begins in Durham, N.C., at Duke University, where Dr. David Banks is a professor in the Department of Statistical Science. In 2013 Dr. Banks was the new editor of Statistics and Public Policy, a journal of the American Statistical Association. In early February, Banks […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2015

In a holiday twist, the fate of the controversial bridge across the Halpatiokee Trails section of Savannas Preserve State Park now lies with a federal agency that once said the route is the “most ecologically damaging” Port St. Lucie could have chosen. The city, apparently hoping no one would notice over the holidays, asked the […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2015

In a holiday twist, the fate of the controversial bridge across the Halpatiokee Trails section of Savannas Preserve State Park now lies with a federal agency that once said the route is the “most ecologically damaging” Port St. Lucie could have chosen. The city, apparently hoping no one would notice over the holidays, asked the […]

Tag: Port St. Lucie

Six days after saying he was out, Larry Lee reconsiders re-election

Florida to get $5 million from failed visual effects studio

U.S. Sugar says cane farmers not to blame for dirty water flowing from Lake O

Sally Swartz: Port St. Lucie ready to build bridge with court appeal undecided

Visa fraud case rocks Florida city’s downtown dream

Shari Anker: Battle to save 2 preserve state parks teaches statewide lessons

Which drivers in Florida suffer through the longest commute?

Alan Farago: Florida Department of Health failing to respond to credible reports of cancer clusters

Sally Swartz: Port St. Lucie tries to sneak a bridge across public wetlands

Port St. Lucie tries to sneak a bridge across public wetlands