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St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch recently presented his fiscal year 2024 budget recommendations to the city council with multiple fiscal highlights added following preliminary reviews in...
While Pinellas County’s Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility burns an average of 2,700 tons daily, a growing population will soon create more refuse than the facility can process....
City council members unanimously approved reallocating $2.15 million in South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) funding to address “unexpected requests” for additional housing subsidies. The...
As Covid-19 relief funds are depleting and inflation is spiking, the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is preparing to eliminate multiple bus routes and take other actions...
St. Petersburg City Council members recently heard updated cost and timing estimates on the extensive Barack Obama Main Library renovation project for the first time in...
A 96-year-old, 30 by 20-inch bronze plaque commemorating local leaders who made St. Petersburg’s “Million Dollar Pier” possible is now for sale to the highest bidder...
With memories of an emotionally taxing appointment process still fresh in their minds, St. Petersburg City Council members discussed filling all vacancies through a special election....
Over half of Pinellas County beaches are “critically eroded,” yet officials lack vital funding for renourishment projects – due to an impasse with the Army Corps...
Dozens of local government, academic and scientific leaders gathered along Bayboro Harbor Wednesday morning to celebrate the intersection of research, inclusivity and economic impact. Over 100...
A floating seaweed mass that was once 5,000 miles long and visible from space has virtually disappeared from the Gulf of Mexico, leaving local scientists searching...
