Boca Raton’s planning and zoning board voted 7-0 to approve a proposal to convert the Holiday Inn property off Yamato Road into 125 apartments, retail space, and a trail-oriented restaurant connected to the El Rio Trail.
Construction is well underway on Lake Worth Station, a five-story apartment development on North G Street that will bring 91 units, including 39 workforce apartments, to Lake Worth Beach.
Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday rolled out a $117.4 billion “Floridians First” budget plan for Fiscal Year 2026–27, touting tax relief, record education funding, major Everglades and water projects, and new money for law enforcement, housing, and health programs.
A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on charges that she and several co-defendants stole $5 million in FEMA funds, laundered the money, and funneled a substantial portion into her 2021 congressional campaign, even as she continues to deny the allegations and point to her federal funding work in Palm Beach County.
As Boca Raton welcomes thousands of new apartments, residents and officials are navigating the friction between affordability goals and the realities of rapid growth.