City of St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg’s housing, land use and transportation committee met to discuss affordable housing on Thursday. Affordable Housing Committee Chair Scott McDonald presented information to St. Pete council members on how affordable and workforce housing is...

Activists in St. Pete are demanding justice in the October shooting of 17-year-old Christopher Tonsel by St. Pete Police.

Redistricting is underway across Florida. Every ten years, census data is used to redraw boundary lines for all districts in Florida. This week in Tampa, Democratic State Representatives Susan Valdes and Dianne Hart hosted a town...

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...

Mayor-elect Ken Welch has spent 20 years on the Pinellas County Commission, representing his hometown of St. Petersburg. Now he’ll be sworn in as the city of St. Pete’s first Black mayor. Community celebrations had...

A vigil for homeless people who died in Pinellas, took place as part of the 14th Annual National Homeless Persons Memorial Day.

St. Pete City Council voted 6-1 to explore rent control in the New Year.

Reproductive freedoms in Florida are at risk, but local officials say there are ways to mitigate Tallahassee's attacks on women's rights.

Accountable Now, a police use-of-force database, showed comprehensive data that St. Pete's policing is impacting Black residents most.

Last week, dozens of residents with the St. Pete Tenant’s Union urged St. Pete City Council to vote against two housing ordinances the union had formerly supported. The first ordinance originally extended notice to vacate...

St. Pete is considering its affordable housing allocation for the $45.4 million the city’s receiving from the American Rescue Plan Act.