Ric Bradshaw

How does a county spend big bucks on a jail expansion that leaves the county with fewer jail beds than when it started? Just ask Palm Beach County, which has managed the trick with its recent troubled jail construction project,......

Palm Beach County???s influential Voters Coalition snubbed the home-county candidate, Lois Frankel, and awarded its congressional primary endorsement to Broward???s Kristin Jacobs. Full details. In one of the county???s other high-profile races, the...

As Palm Beach County faces another budget shortfall, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw proposes boosting his department costs by $4 million. Bradshaw on Tuesday released a $471 million budget proposal. That would just be about a 1 percent increase from this year,........

When you talk about crime in Palm Beach County, the problem is pretty clear-cut to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. ???When it comes to violent crimes, it???s gangs, plain and simple,??? Bradshaw said Tuesday. ???They are a significant portion of the violent......

Update at 3:50 p.m.: Just spoke to Aronberg. "My only comment is that although we???ve had our differences, Mike McAuliffe brought passion and dedication to the office of state attorney and I have a lot of respect for the people......

Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe announced Tuesday that he would not run for re-election. McAuliffe, a Democrat elected in 2008, said he abandoned his re-election because plans to take a private sector position that he would not...

?? Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw is hosting National Night Out Against Crime in Royal Palm Beach. The Sept. 30 event will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Target Superstore, at 10155 Okeechobee Boulevard. A bounce house, obstacle course and...

Monday night???s kick-off to Palm Beach County???s summer-long budget fight failed to produce any solutions to the looming $45 million shortfall. County commissioners at their first budget public hearing balked at some of the proposed cuts, such as laying...

Palm Beach County???s scandal-plagued County Commission as well as the county???s top law enforcement officials want a get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to following Florida???s Government in the Sunshine Law. The county???s Criminal Justice...

Palm Beach County commissioners meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday night to decide whether to increase property tax rates for the third year in a row or order further spending cuts to avoid a $40 million budget shortfall. Tuesday is the......

Palm Beach County commissioners tonight decide whether to impose deeper spending cuts or raise property tax rates for the third year in a row to avoid a budget shortfall. The County Commission meets at 6 p.m. to take the final......

Palm Beach County's budget cuts proposed Monday target the sheriff's office as well as popular parks programs. Now the County Commission will have to decide whether to follow through with deeper cuts to public safety spending as well as cutting......