Why special City Council meeting was canceled in Riviera Beach
Chairperson Lanier postpones discussion of former mayor’s investigation of top staff.…
Burning rubber and Tupac: The Tradrick McCoy papers
Riviera Beach council unleashes unusual attack on one of their own, releasing police reports and HR complaints about Tradrick McCoy dating back years.…
WPB mayor balks at speaker, orders city to rescind sponsorship of Black Chamber event
This story has been updated since it appeared on Jan. 30 in Stet Palm Beach. From the Lessons in Political Retribution Department comes longtime practitioner Keith James, the mayor of West Palm Beach. The city canceled its $17,000 sponsorship, which included two tables, for the Black…
$100 million question
You could argue that the county saved downtown West Palm Beach. The downtown resurgence of the 1990s started with county decisions to invest in downtown in the 1980s, drawing the public and office workers to a center that had been depleted by suburban growth.…
A salute to journalism
Stet News earned the second-place statewide award from the Florida Press Club for newsletter writing.…
Exclusive: Why WPB commission candidate dropped bid
Martina Tate-Walker backed out of her campaign for West Palm commission in November after a job offer that she said required she give up her political ambitions.…