Palm Beach Post
2017
2016
- 101616: Businesses ready to spend $200,000 to push sales tax hike
- 091816: County budget would add jobs
- 090716: Proposed county budget leaves tax rate unchanged
- 063016: County caps new tax rate at 2015-16 level
- 071316: County’s property values rise 8.4 percent
- 060516: Tax hike plan includes $104M in new projects
- 051816: County OKs vote on sales tax hike; cities now have say
- 051116: County, schools agree on sales tax
- 050516: School Board blasts sales tax flip
- 050416: Cultural projects cut from sales tax plan
- 042916: Property value near 2007 highs
- 042716: Property taxes likely to increase in county
- 042116: Sales-tax ballot language silent on cultural projects
- 041716: Ex-con’s defunct theater was on list for sales tax funds
- 041416: Palm Beach seeks Bondi’s opinion on culture’s share of sales tax hike
- 041016: Nonprofits urged to help tax pitch
- 040716: School board OKs sales tax vote
- 040616: 5 cities back sales tax hike
- 040616: Editorial: On sales tax hike, district should weigh going it alone
- 040516: Council leader defends tax spending plan
- 040316: Secrecy, board ties cloud tax proposal
- 040316: The tax hike nobody loves moves ahead
- 032316: County OKs tax increase formula
- 032216: Group to county: Tax vote can wait
- 031916: Group seeks share of sales tax
- 031716: Cultural group OKs tinier bite of tax hike
- 031716: School Board OKs 3% raises
- 031416: Mayor of Palm Beach urges county to parse earmarked projects
- 031116: Fire sales tax hike won’t be on ballot
- 030316: Schools join in push for sales tax
- 030216: Valeche says plan has ‘gotten too far from what we intended
- 022816: Survey: Many candidates oppose hike in sales tax
- 022716: Sales tax plans in race for approval
- 022416: Cultural groups seek slice of tax hike
- 021816: Vote on sales tax increase for Fire Rescue faces uncertain future
- 021016: School board member blasts plan to share sales-tax money with museums
- 021016: Action on sales tax issue delayed
- 020716: Should cultural projects get any revenue from proposed sales tax hike?
- 020516: County sales tax hits 7% in plan
- 020316: PBC Taxpayer Action Board opposes possible sales tax hikes
- 022616: Arts officials urging schools, county to join forces on sales tax hike
- 020116: Voters could face 2 ballots on sales tax
2015
- 091115: Editorial: Pass budget, end talk of property tax rate cut
- 080915: County tax rate holding steady
- 090415: Your turn is coming up to speak out on Palm Beach County’s tax rate
- 082615: Area urged to reset biotech goals
- 072015: County seeks price tag on infrastructure
- 072015: Cutting tax rate appears unlikely
- 070815: Hotel to build surface parking
- 070815: County OKs 2-year, $257K pact for Baker as new administrator
- 062715: County property values up nearly 10% this year
- 052315: Property values up; tax cut not planned
- 042715: Director pushing overhaul of parks
- 032615: County weighs road, park bond vote
2014
- 120814: Waste workers may get second raise of 1% to 8%
- 102414: Editorial: Deal too sweet in bid to attract baseball teams
- 092314: County approves $4 billion budget
- 092214: Editorial: Sheriff ’s jail threat a distraction from real budget issues
- 091714: Two commissioners want to end bonds that help charters ‘profit’
- 091114: Teams ask $155M in bed tax money for stadium
- 090914: Sheriff defends $528M budget
- 090814: Hearing to address budget, tax rate
- 082614: Soaring values mean higher taxes
- 072314: Rate to ensure tax hikes for many
- 071814 Editorial: Officials must still make case for tax hikes
- 071314: Taxable value up for 86% of Palm Beach County properties
- 062914: Sheriff ’s budget woes? Blame swelling payroll
- 062814: Reject no-show Bradshaw’s budget
- 062414: Sheriff’s budget meeting appears off
- 061314: TDC backs bed tax increase
- 061114: Answers Sought on Sheriff’s Budget
- 060514: Rate steady, but tax bills to rise
- 060414: Did county portfolio lose $6 million in ’13?
- 052914: Property market ‘back to normal’
- 051414: Tax for teachers may get on ballot
- 051314: Schools face huge spending gap
- 051314: ‘Substantial shortfall’ in county budget plan
- 051214: School tax may find way to ballot
- 050914: Sheriff’s budget proposal calls for $22 million increase; battle likely
- 041014: County to seek bids to import garbage
- 032514: No more development in Ag Reserve
- 032514: Panel OKs changes to spring training law
- 032414: Land saved for farms: Has time come to build?
- 032414: 14 top officials to retire by 2018
- 032014: Sheriff ’s budget is beast that ate the road repairs
- 031214: County rejects sales tax ballot bid
- 031214: State money for baseball stadium a ‘heavy lift’
- 031114: Third try for county half-cent tax hike
- 020514: County to pay for disparity study
- 012914: County to buy vans for disabled
- 012514: County shakes up leadership for disabled transit
- 012414: County commissioners to weigh reducing service for elderly and disabled, taking operations in-house
- 012014: Taxable values’ increase capped
2013
- 122113: Tax breaks for developers is an idea whose time is up, commissioner says
- 121813: Commission: Revise sales tax plan to focus on roads, bridges
- 121713: Reject sales tax hike
- 121413: Schools want out of sales tax hike
- 101413: Prospect of half-cent sales tax hike has county listing projects
- 101313: Final tax rates: 9 cities lower, 6 cities raise, 21 hold steady [ Chart ]
- 101113:Convention center hotel plans advance
- 100213:County may seek sales tax increase
- 091013:PBC Commission approves raise for top administrator
- 091013:County commissioners approve pay raises for their assistants
- 090913:Palm Beach County commissioners vote to cut funding for youth empowerment centers in West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach
- 072613 Editorial:Agency’s growth could crowd out other services
- 071613:Palm Beach County holds tax rate flat
- 061413:Property tax analysis: Two-thirds of Palm Beach County homesteads face increase
- 061113:Palm Beach County commissioners ask sheriff to trim budget to keep taxes flat
- 061013:Workshop set on proposed county budget, tax increase
- 060413:PBC budget proposal includes small tax-rate hike
- 052913:Palm Beach County’s tax base grew by 3.7 percent in 2012
- 052813:Transfer of public clinics to Health Care District meant to save safety net for county’s poor
- 052013:Palm Beach County comptroller: With economy improving, it’s time to replenish reserves
2012
- 100212:Candidates for northern Palm Beach County commission seat spar at forum
- 092512:Tax exemptions cost governments millions
- 092412:Palm Beach County approves $3.2 billion budget, holding tax revenues steady
- 072912:Blockbuster deal for Vavrus Ranch in the works
- 072412:County OKs $27 million subsidy for convention center hotel
- 072412:City urges county commission to vote for hotel but to include West Palm in process
- 072412:Editorial: Approve $27 million for convention center hotel
- 072312:West Palm insistence on 2005 pact could threaten convention center hotel
- 070212:Fire-Rescue headed for a financial emergency
- 062912:Palm Beach County administrator recommends holding tax rate flat
- 062612:Boynton employees could foot big part of budget-balancing plan in Boynton
- 062712:Commission okays return to 3-person staffing of fire rescue trucks
- 061512:Palm Beach County tourism officials say pace of visitor revenues is strong
- 061212:Commission continues to look for ways to cut spending
- 060712:PBC union seeks raises for blue-collar staff
- 060412:County budget proposal: less gloom and doom
- 052212:Has free-falling Palm Beach County real estate finally hit bottom? Tax base drops by only 0.39%
- 050912:No extra terms for Palm Beach County’s Marcus, Aaronson, as Florida high court OKs limits
- 050412:Palm Tran pension underfunded, threatening cuts to benefits for 400
- 050312:Projected Palm Beach County budget shortfall not as bad as expected
- 050112:Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office proposes $7.5 million budget increase
- 050112:No sales tax question on Palm Beach County ballot; board votes it down 4-3
- 042612:Palm Beach County voters may be asked to increase sales tax by half-cent for roads, transportation
- 041512:Best response: Cut salaries
- 041212:Aaronson to tourism group: PBC tax rate increase is “almost inevitable”
- 040712:Cities are rewriting history
- 040612:Budget cuts force Palm Beach County fire-rescue truck staffing to go from 3- to 2-per-truck
- 040412:Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw chided for using tax money for meals
- 032912:Palm Beach County loses millions as state slashes Medicaid revenues
- 012012:Big raises in tough times? West Palm firefighters still can retire and get 92 percent of salary
2011
- 102011:Palm Beach County business leaders unveil 220-step plan for economic growth, sustainability
- 101611:County land deal for Lake Park marina parking lot hardly a steal
- 100711:End the payroll paradox
- 100711:West Palm chief set for life on the pension dole
- 100311:Pay for shrunken Palm Beach County staff up 83% in past decade
- 092911:Palm Beach County policy that allowed $1.8 million overpayment in land deal targeted for change
- 092811:Palm Beach County spent $1.77 million above market value to buy acre in Lake Park
- 092711:Divided Palm Beach County Commission approves slight rise in property tax rate
- 092711:Palm Beach County commissioners to hold public hearing tonight on $3.4 billion budget proposal
- 092511:Divided Palm Beach County Commission finds compromise increasingly tough on budget cuts
- 091811:To serve and protect budgets
- 091511:Tax hike spares deputies, keeps bus fares flat and nature centers/pools open
- 091311:Palm Beach County commissioners vote to increase property tax rate
- 090711:Tax group says Palm Beach County should lower reserves to lower taxes
- 090411:Sheriff’s office, school district look for ways to cover costs of prisoners’ adult education
- 082411:Lake Worth takes first step toward $60 home assessment to pay for firefighter pensions
- 081411:Palm Beach County Commission candidates emerge after term limits upheld
- 081111:Palm Beach Gardens to raise communications tax, hoping to bring in another $1.2 million
- 080111:Palm Beach Gardens, just call it a tax increase
- 073011:Palm Beach Gardens considers hiking tax on Internet, cable TV and phone service
- 071611:Cut these alarming salaries
- 070911:More than half of county’s fire-rescue employees earn more than $90,000
- 070911:End perk for sheriff’s staff
- 070311:First, cut the scare tactics
- 070311:Palm Beach County, sheriff at odds over raises
- 070111:State workers lose ruling in pension suit
- 062411:Administrators not immune
- 061711:Most in Palm Beach County to see property tax hike, even if rates hold
- 061311:Palm Beach County Commission balks at cuts — or raising taxes
- 061011:Palm Beach County budget skirmish set for Monday
- 060811:Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw: I can’t cut more
- 060611:Palm Beach County administrator: “Most difficult budget year ever”
- 060211:Writer who panned PBIA is disgruntled
- 052511:Bock wrong about county’s budget, financesBock wrong about county’s budget, finances
- 052111:’Invisible’ cuts not an option for Palm Beach County budget
2010
- 110710: Biotech blunder at Mecca Farms keeps costing Palm Beach County taxpayers
- 093010: Miles to go before they get it: Palm Beach County Commission insults taxpayers
- 092810: Palm Beach County commission backs off on further cuts, passes tax rate increase
- 092610: Top officials and aides rake in thousands of dollars for miles they don’t drive
- 092410: Palm Beach County mulls more job, service cuts
- 091410: County backs 9.3% tax rate hike, for now
- 091110: Palm Beach County residents get to sound off Tuesday on 9.3% property tax rate hike
- 090110: Taxpayer group to host meeting on budget cut ideas
- 082210: Most municipalities leaning toward raising tax rates
- 072010: Palm Beach County moves to raise tax rate
- 071210: Palm Beach County eyes more budget cuts to keep tax rate from rising more