After spending the past six years representing various branches of state government, Samantha Bequer eagerly anticipates connecting with the St. Petersburg community and local media. Mayor...
In July, several local union representatives pleaded with city council members to appeal a court ruling that nullified St. Petersburg’s apprenticeship and disadvantaged worker ordinances. That...
A flurry of new legislation percolating out of Tallahassee could undue months, if not years, of local work to increase support for St. Petersburg’s renters. Council...
At 6’5 and 327 lbs., Dillan Gibbons is a big man with a big heart; so, it was only appropriate that his innovative nonprofit organization bear...
State funding for the University of South Florida’s proposed Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences Research and Teaching Facility (EOS) seemed like a done deal until one stroke...
Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper dismissed a Pinellas lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction meant to block an elections reform law commissioners believed unfairly targeted the...
For the last 12 years, St. Petersburg Sen. Jeff Brandes represented the city where he was born and raised, often in a way that bucked the...
With state legislators currently allocating a record-breaking $100 billion budget and considering legislation that affects 22 million people across Florida, the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions...
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...
After representing St. Petersburg for two terms as a state senator, Jeff Brandes plans to challenge the status quo while tackling the most pressing issues during...
