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Water Sustainability and Quality

Water sustainability hinges on maintaining water quality. Water sustainability refers to the perpetuation of the global water cycle, from groundwater to evaporation to rain and back to ...

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Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig suffered an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. As a result, oil began gushing into the Gulf at an estimated rate of 500,000 to 4.2 ...

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Wage Theft

The Problem: Wage theft, the unlawful underpayment or non-payment of workers’ wages, is prevalent in Palm Beach County. There is no recourse for these workers to turn to as it falls outside of law ...

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Florida has 1.7 million veterans, the 2nd largest population in the country. There are 1,200 vets from Iraq and Afghanistan alone living in Palm Beach County. (via Legal Aid of PBC)

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Issue Updates

Updated: Jul. 29, 2010 - in Foreclosure
Florida led the nation in foreclosures in the first six months of the 2010, accounting for nine of the top 20 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates. /via the Palm Beach Post
Updated: Jul. 27, 2010 - in Domestic Abuse
Effective July 1, 2010, a new bill requires a teen dating violence and abuse component to be added to Florida's current comprehensive health education curriculum for students in grades 7 through 12. /via Circuit 15 Juvenile Justice Board DJJ Quarterly
Updated: Jul. 15, 2010 - in Water Sustainability and Quality
A group of tea party activists is protesting Florida's plan to purchase U.S. Sugar land to use for Everglades restoration.  Environmental groups such as the Audubon Society and the Sierra Club say the purchase is crucial to restoring the Everglades and sustaining clean drinking water in south FL. /via Palm Beach Post
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