Pinellas government welcomes DOGE audits

Pinellas County will eagerly open its books and doors for Florida’s Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) task force.

County Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday that cedes influence over the local taxpayer-funded budget to the governor’s appointees. Pinellas officials will voluntarily “fully cooperate” with all records and departmental access requests.

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USF St. Pete is still assessing millions in storm damage

While it is clear that the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus suffered significant damage from an unprecedented hurricane season, details remain murkier than the water that overflowed from Bayboro Harbor.

In Hurricane Helene’s immediate aftermath, Chancellor Christian Hardigree posted a video of the waterfront campus under three to four feet of water. Hurricane Milton displaced over 350 students from their downtown dormitories days later.

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