A federal appeals court rejected Indian River County’s arguments in a legal battle about tax-exempt bonds for the Brightline rail system.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a 2017 decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation to authorize $1.15 billion in what are known as private activity bonds for the passenger-rail system, which is ultimately planned to link Miami and Orlando.

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