Local small businesses received government contracts totaling over $55 million in fiscal year 2024. That number could grow exponentially in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes. Pinellas...
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch contritely accepted the blame for his administration’s well-intentioned employee bonus payments. “The buck stops here,” he said Friday afternoon. The 17...
St. Petersburg, Pinellas County and Tampa Bay Rays officials took a moment to celebrate what Mayor Ken Welch called a “providential day” Wednesday morning. The meeting...
In January 2023, Mayor Ken Welch compared a proposed partnership between St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Rays to an engagement. He also hoped Pinellas County...
Pinellas County Commissioners are now up to bat regarding plans to replace Tropicana Field with a new $1.37 billion ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays. The...
The debate is over: St. Petersburg City Council members approved a $6.7 billion proposal to anchor a reimagined Historic Gas Plant District with a new Tampa...
Mayor Ken Welch noted that St. Petersburg sits on the precipice of a “historic opportunity” Tuesday morning. Just over four hours later, after a final workshop...
Part one of two. Mayor Ken Welch has repeatedly referred to Historic Gas Plant District and Tropicana Field redevelopment negotiations as an iterative process fueled by...
The St. Petersburg City Council will no longer receive final documents regarding a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium and the surrounding Historic Gas Plant District’s redevelopment...
A seven-hour workshop Wednesday seemingly showed that the St. Petersburg City Council has enough votes to advance plans for a new $1.37 billion Tampa Bay Rays...
