Florida’s auto insurance laws date back to 1971, when the average cost of a new car was $3,900 and a gallon of gas was under 40...
Local lawmakers avoided increasingly pervasive partisan politics to secure state funding for Pinellas County projects. Their collective efforts paid dividends amid an atypical legislative session. Rep....
The nation’s first law firm led by three sitting lawmakers – all Black women – will have a local office. State Reps. LaVon Bracy Davis, Ashley...
Locally-led efforts to create a framework for what could become the state’s largest metropolitan planning organization continue moving forward. However, at least one Pinellas County commissioner has...
While it may seem counterintuitive, a devastating hurricane season helped fuel the launch of a new St. Petersburg-based property insurance company. Patriot Select Property and Casualty...
St. Petersburg officials unanimously agree that residents deserve more protection from falling tower cranes during extreme weather events. However, state preemption handcuffs those efforts. Local lawmakers...
The top two choices to lead a consolidated Hillsborough and Pinellas County workforce agency have withdrawn their candidacies after a nationwide search, and a state-mandated deadline...
For the second time in three years, the University of South Florida did not receive state funding for an $80 million Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences (EOS)...
Former Sen. Jeff Brandes, a moderate Republican known for working across the aisle and unabashedly calling out state leadership, scored the recently concluded legislative session a...
Pinellas County residents, governments and development stakeholders have a new tool to track the Live Local Act’s success – or lack thereof – at mitigating the...
