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The top two choices to lead a consolidated Hillsborough and Pinellas County workforce agency have withdrawn their candidacies after a nationwide search, and a state-mandated deadline...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...
State Sen. Nick DiCeglie has a unique perspective on rapidly advancing legislation that requires local governments to ban the homeless from sleeping on public property. DiCeglie...
State lawmakers have requested $56.8 million for 11 local projects; however, most will only receive about half the desired amount – before facing the governor’s veto...
While most new municipal ordinances and amendments promote growth to increase St. Petersburg’s housing stock, city officials must now ensure that any land-use changes are not...
