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After a contentious discussion during Tuesday’s board meeting, Pinellas County Commissioners unanimously voted to terminate its agreement that subsidizes the Cross Bay Ferry in the hopes...
The nonprofit watchdog organization Leapfrog Group, which analyzes thousands of hospitals across the U.S., has released its safety grades for Tampa Bay hospitals. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade...
The Pinellas County Board of Commissioners approved nearly $6 million in funding for two housing projects Tuesday, which will provide 270 more affordable homes for county...
About a week after his acceptance into graduate school, Andrew Devendorf lost his brother to suicide; five years later, the doctoral candidate in clinical psychology is...
As the region continues to feel the effects of the housing crisis, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) and its community partners are adopting leadership...
Bob Marcus loves talking to people; he loves history, St. Petersburg, and talking to people about St. Petersburg’s history. He also loves driving, which makes launching...
St. Petersburg is allocating $34 million of its $45.41 million in American Rescue Act (ARPA) funds to directly address affordable housing – and the city hopes...
That the world is in turmoil is something few would disagree. There’s a far-off war threatening global and possible cataclysmic consequences, a pandemic that’s challenged our...
Following what marine scientists called Tampa Bay’s worst red tide outbreak in 50 years, Governor Ron DeSantis announced he is allocating nearly $14 million in this...
Stretching from Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg, the Pinellas Trail is a 45-mile public asset that residents and businesses increasingly hope to connect with and utilize....
