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As several department directors noted, Monday evening represented the embodiment of St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch’s pledge to make city government more accessible to residents across...
A local nonprofit affiliate is helping area companies earn B Corp certification, measuring their social and environmental impacts and promoting business leaders who believe in conscious...
Mayor Frank Hibbard unexpectedly announced his immediate resignation during a Clearwater City Council budget discussion Monday morning. Hibbard told his colleagues he needed a five-minute recess...
The St. Pete Catalyst is five years old today. Our experiment in local news technically launched in late January of 2018, without any bells or whistles....
For the past seven years, national agencies have tasked researchers at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with tracking an ever-growing accumulation of what most...
Homeowners are not the only ones experiencing sticker shock when renewing property insurance, as city officials must pay $3.24 million more in 2023 than they did...
A company operating out of St. Petersburg’s Maritime and Defense Technology Hub recently completed the first uncrewed Alaska ocean mapping mission and discovered a 3,200-foot-tall seamount...
The local CareerSource affiliate held its first board meeting since state leadership voted to consolidate Pinellas and Hillsborough County’s workforce development agencies in February. Adrienne Johnston,...
Local manufacturers and job seekers have a new resource as AmSkills is opening a long-awaited Neighborhood Training Center at the Lealman Exchange. The nonprofit career training...
A recent study highlighted how St. Petersburg’s gender wage gap is well below the national average and has decreased by nearly 6% over the past four...
