For over eight hours Tuesday, St. Petersburg City Council members discussed the city’s fiscal year 2023 (FY23) operating budget – Mayor Ken Welch’s first – which...
Florida’s Legislative Session ended Monday after lawmakers passed a record $112 billion budget – and while those on the receiving end of the historic funding are...
To help make difficult decisions regarding transportation in the 2023 budget, Pinellas County administrators recently sought a sense of direction on how commissioners would like to...
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...
The holidays can be a stressful time; cooking, cleaning, decorating, in-laws and holiday shopping are enough to occasionally bring out the Grinch in anyone, and now...
The challenge of finding housing that’s affordable for everyone in a city that’s adding about 2,500 new residents every year was a top concern during a...
The city of St. Petersburg plans to apply for a federal grant in the upcoming fiscal year to add more police officers. City officials did not...
Social service workers won’t hit the streets to respond to reports of non-violent incidents in St. Petersburg until at least next year. Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin...
Concerns about funding for the new Community Assistance Liaison program in the St. Petersburg Police Department and for affordable housing dominated a public hearing for the...
The proposed Pinellas County budget for fiscal year 2021 will have a big increase in reserve funding, as the county prepares for what could be a...