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Ken Welch
St. Pete election: Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon set for mayoral faceoff
St. Petersburg held its primary election Tuesday, setting up a November showdown for mayor between Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon. LISTEN: Welch is 20-year County Commission veteran. His father, David, was only the second Black...
Ken Welch hopes for equity in the Black community with Trop site redevelopment
Former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch wants to ensure the Black community is honored as plans for redevelopment at the 86-acre Tropicana Field site progress. Residents in the neighborhood razed to make way for the...
St. Pete Downtown eLooper is region’s first electric bus
Pinellas County now has the Tampa Bay area’s first all-electric public bus; it will begin running this weekend as a free shuttle in St. Petersburg known as the Downtown eLooper. Local leaders rode the quiet,...
Jolly and Crist differ on guns, campaign money & Clinton
A closely-watched race for Congress in Pinellas County, Florida could be an opportunity for Democrats to pick up a House seat; Republican Congress member David Jolly faces an uphill battle in his newly-redrawn district against former Florida Governor Charlie...
Update on South St. Pete’s battle to reduce poverty
One of the most economically depressed areas of the Tampa Bay region, south St. Petersburg, has plans in place to reduce poverty by 30 percent by 2020; Wednesday morning at the Childs Park YMCA, Gypsy...
Sea-level rise causing Pinellas to look at infrastructure
A University of Miami geologist is calling the problem of sea-level rise irreversible because 93 percent of excess heat from global warming is in the oceans; at St. Petersburg College in Seminole Friday, Harold Wanless...
Talking Greenlight Pinellas plan with PSTA CEO Brad Miller & board chair Ken Welch
Talking Greenlight Pinellas plan with PSTA CEO Brad Miller & board chair Ken Welch
A solution to Tampa Bay’s traffic nightmare is under construction
Tampa Bay’s Traffic Nightmare Under Construction
