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City awaits $1.4M FEMA reimbursement for Hurricane Milton

"The money has been set aside, but there is a tremendous amount of administrative validation in the process."

City’s Duke Energy agreement expires July 31 – then what?

There will not be an interruption to service delivery for citizens in the event the franchise agreement lapses.

New Port Richey advances free senior clinic lease

New Port Richey city leaders advanced a lease that would keep the West Pasco Free Senior Health Clinic operating in city-owned building.

Rep. Fentrice Driskell makes her case to voters deciding Florida’s District 16 Senate Seat

Voters in Hillsborough and Pinellas County have quite a few important decisions in front of them on this summer’s primary ballot, and one of them is who’ll succeed outgoing Florida State Senator Darryl Rouson. One Republican, Amaro Lionheart, filed in the open primary for SD-16,…

Two council decisions cloud Tampa’s role in Rays’ ballpark proposal

"I really do believe they're putting the cart before the horse and they're just hoping that we take the bait."

Recognition denied

Henry ‘Hank’ Ashwood Sr., the man I affectionately gave the moniker ‘Pappa Wood’ for which he became known by the young men and women he recruited, was the unselfish, unrelenting force behind the movement to integrate the fire department and continue the recruitment and hiring of…

Florida leads the country in death row exonerations—but still kills more prisoners than any other state

With ten executions already carried out this year, Florida is on pace to surpass its own record from last year for most prisoners executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Last year, Florida executed 19 people, more than any other state—and is on pace to top that…

Elevate Florida approvals begin; many homeowners still await answers

"If there's bureaucracy, we need to cut through it."

Largo lands site for replacement of aging Fire Station 42

The approximately 12,000-square-foot facility will include four drive-through apparatus bays and 12 dorm rooms.

In reversal, Clearwater poised to approve contract with Duke Energy

Pinellas launches budget process amid tax uncertainty

"Residents may expect a reduction in government."

St Petersburg receives two million dollars for storm damage project

The project will take place at the Shore Acres neighborhood and it is a part of the St Pete Agile Resilience initiative to prevent flooding.