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One week after being defeated in his bid for the hotly contested Pinellas County School Board District 7 seat, Karl Nurse said he doesn’t see himself...
Have you noticed that people of color are showing up with increasing frequency in television commercials, news stories that don’t feature a mug shot, as experts...
The Suncoast Tiger Bay Club hosted a virtual forum Thursday afternoon where panelists Peter Schorsch, publisher of Florida Politics and Steve Contorno, political editor of the...
Pinellas County reported another 205 cases of Covid-19 Thursday. One more death was also recorded, bringing the county’s total to 830 since the pandemic began in...
The St. Petersburg Development Review Commission has advanced a measure that would expand the opportunities to grow and sell local produce in the city. The proposal...
The St. Petersburg renaissance has been in full swing for more than a decade. We’ve excelled in many areas and struggled in others. In our series...
While we may not yet know who won the presidential election, we do have the results for the local races that will make the most difference...
At long last, electric scooters have arrived on the streets of St. Petersburg, bringing joy to some residents – and aggravation to others. E-scooters have...
The number of construction permits dropped 14 percent in St. Petersburg in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, while the construction value of those permits declined...
Pinellas County reported 3,948 newly diagnosed Covid-19 cases in October. That’s a higher number of new cases than in either August or in September and comes...