Local Government

If you need to reinstate your driver license in Polk County, you can do it without fees on April 2. It's happening in other counties, too.

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch announced yesterday a $15 minimum wage for all part-time workers employed by the city, expanding on a policy from 2015 that ensured a $15 minimum wage for all full-time and...

Polk county has been in a local state of emergency because trash is not being collected. The county may have come up with a solution.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks to WMNF about affordable housing and efforts to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

It was a historic morning for the city of St. Petersburg, with the inauguration of its first Black mayor. After testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, Ken Welch was sworn-in outside his home. Welch...

Longtime Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch is days away from becoming St. Pete’s next mayor. In the second half of our interview, mayor-elect Ken Welch spoke about the issue of housing. One of a handful...

Here are details about the City of Clearwater's Holiday Extravaganza activities for 2021.

A list of 2021 holiday celebrations by the City of St. Petersburg, Florida.

WMNF looks at redistricting in Hillsborough County and elsewhere with the League of Women Voters and a GIS expert.

There are already more than forty Florida communities that AARP considers “Age-Friendly” and Tampa wants to be next.

WMNF aired a forum with the candidates running for St. Pete City Council in 2021.

A Manatee County Commissioner worked with a Texas pro-life advocate to draft an ordinance banning abortion in the county. Commissioner James Satcher is now ignoring constituents and media, while reproductive rights groups call for him...