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It is a sweltering late June afternoon in South St. Petersburg, but Carla Bristol seems unfazed by the heat as she directs a group of volunteers...
Located between St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park, the unincorporated area known as Lealman is undergoing drastic changes and experiencing rapid growth. Long considered an underserved community...
Supreme Court rulings and bipartisan breakthroughs will do little to diffuse the heated arguments about gun control. Guns-with-no-restriction proponents will continue to argue for their constitutional...
For over three decades of marching into the presidential office and debating with governors about policies, Nadine Smith has always been at the forefront of defending...
With the soaring cost of rents continuing to burden and displace residents, and following Pinellas County exhausting its emergency rental assistance funding, commissioners are considering a...
Growing up in St. Petersburg, Reggie Reed and Michael Morrison often dreamed of starting a business that would allow them to travel and enjoy life together....
Pinellas County is strategically looking at different scenarios that could help it secure much-needed funding for its beach renourishment projects. Kelli Levy, Pinellas County Public Works...
A 2021 report by the Florida Hospital Association projects that Florida will face a shortage of over 59,000 nurses by 2035. The University of South Florida...
New connections through corridors in St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park are among new projects that Forward Pinellas is pushing to get funding for. The Forward Pinellas...
Just five days after Eckerd College President Damián J. Fernández announced his resignation, the school’s board of trustees appointed a known commodity in Dean of Students...