St. Pete approves utility rate hikes

St. Petersburg residents will pay more for water, wastewater, stormwater, sanitation and reclaimed water beginning Oct. 1 after City Council approved three utility-rate ordinances Thursday.

The sanitation and stormwater increases each passed 6-2, with Councilmembers Gina Driscoll and Corey Givens opposed. The ordinance covering water, wastewater and reclaimed water passed 5-3, with Vice Chair Richie Floyd joining Driscoll and Givens in opposition.

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The case for bringing Pinellas County’s fishing piers back

Pinellas County’s coastline once offered a string of places where someone with a fishing rod and no boat could walk out over the water and cast a line.

Arts Alive! podcast: Maggie Duffy, Creative Pinellas

Our guest today on Arts Alive! is Maggie Duffy, managing editor at Creative Pinellas. The county’s umbrella arts support organization has had to re-think and re-configure many things since Pinellas County commissioners chose to de-fund it, almost completely, in September 2025.

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