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Newly-elected St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch is viewing the city’s future through an equity lens, and wants to make affordable housing a key priority for the...
Pinellas County’s largest park will soon feature a long-awaited new amenity, as the county commission is moving forward with a plan to remove and replace the...
Three years after his tenure as the mayor of Tampa came to a term-limited close, Bob Buckhorn is back shaping economic development and public policy strategy...
St. Petersburg Sen. Jeff Brandes is working with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg College to address a nursing shortage that he...
St. Petersburg held its first-ever comic con over the weekend, merging the worlds of superheroes, villains, sci-fi, fantasy, anime and cosplay together under one roof. Thousands...
For Gregg and Leslie Ciccone, the horrifying events of Dec. 19 are ever-so-slowly fading into memory. The St. Petersburg couple had sold their boutique bakery, swah-rey,...
Like a professional athlete calling it a career at the top of their game, Pinellas County Schools (PCS) Superintendent Dr. Michael A. Grego announced he is...
Rabbi Philip Weintraub’s empathy for America’s latest wave of refugees is rooted in his Jewish values and his family’s own experience. His ancestors sought refuge in...
Maria Scruggs realizes that addressing the many issues under the racial equity umbrella can be a daunting task, which is why the Phyllis Wheatley Rise to...
St. Petersburg made history Thursday as Ken Welch officially became the first African American to lead the city in the 130 years since it elected its...
