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Update: Here is an excerpt of prepared statements by Mayor Ken Welch and a personalized video emailed to city employees that was released to the media...
As the Sunshine City continues to promote itself as an artistic haven, with its mecca of museums and vibrant murals scattered throughout the downtown core, the...
City council members representing both sides of 49th Street South are leading the push to create a business district encompassing a commercial corridor vital to the...
A program designed to foster student entrepreneurship and economic success equitably continues to gain momentum with help from some of the area’s most prominent companies. St....
Despite today’s educators facing myriad challenges, Pinellas County Schools (PCS) Superintendent Kevin Hendrick eagerly anticipates providing excitement and stability for local youth in his second year...
An innovative program reimagining how St. Petersburg police respond to noncriminal and nonviolent emergency calls will continue into the foreseeable future due to its resounding success....
Forward Pinellas will expand from 13 to 19 board members – with St. Petersburg receiving two additional seats – as its director explores creating a regional...
A local entrepreneur is thriving rather than surviving, thanks to a unique business model that allowed her to launch a business, along with a commitment to...
Nearly 170,000 veterans reside in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, and Congresswoman Kathy Castor is urging them to enroll in the “most important expansion of healthcare benefits...
A public-private partnership that would support the expansion of the Cross Bay Ferry service to serve southern Hillsborough County to MacDill Air Force Base is no...