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...
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, chair of the Budget Committee, and Congresswoman Kathy Castor led a roundtable discussion on climate change and skyrocketing state insurance premiums Saturday...
Sweltering heat and looming storms could not keep an estimated 300,000 people from descending upon the downtown waterfront Saturday for the 22nd annual St. Pete Pride...
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...
A bipartisan trio of state legislators hope to resolve a longstanding impasse between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and property owners delaying the renourishment of...
Three local elected officials talked about their 2024 priorities at the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce’s annual Legislative Preview event Nov. 2. Rep. Lindsay Cross (D),...
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...
The summer rainy season is rapidly approaching, and St. Petersburg will continue its 14-year tradition of banning fertilizer use to prevent harmful nutrients from reaching waterways...
Peters Schorsch wrote that he would discuss “what the (expletive deleted) just happened” during Suncoast Tiger Bay’s 2023 Legislative Review; that set the tone for what...
