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Buckle up, nearly 2.2 Floridians will be traveling during Memorial Day weekend, according to a new report from AAA. The report states that this year’s forecast...
The number of St. Petersburg residents seeking tennis courts to play a game Sports Illustrated recently called “the fastest-growing sport in America” has reached the point...
CodeBoxx, the St. Petersburg-based technology training company, graduated its first Tampa Bay cohort on May 13. The company, which relocated its headquarters here last year, has...
Last week, St. Petersburg’s Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital became the only pediatric hospital on Florida’s Gulf Coast – and just the third in the state...
Pinellas County is revising its spending plan to realign $52.9 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from its initial payment of $94.69 million to...
The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority has a long roster of new connections to come online within the next several years, including a key connection from downtown...
Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper dismissed a Pinellas lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction meant to block an elections reform law commissioners believed unfairly targeted the...
Improvements from new docks to the protection of the shoreline are expected to take shape within the downtown waterfront neighborhoods. During the St. Petersburg City Council...
St. Petersburg officials continue to explore modifications to the city’s downtown transportation infrastructure – including the possible removal of I-175 – to adopt a multimodal vision,...
As a journalist, Corey G. Johnson realizes that while a story may have an immense impact locally, it is impossible to tell if the content will...