Government

Pinellas County Commissioner Brian Scott spoke with TBBW about how tourism tax dollars are allocated.

Hillsborough College trustees voted unanimously to begin formal Rays stadium negotiations.

City Council denied a rezoning request to convert the historic Mirasol into a boutique hotel.

A Jan. 20 board vote could open formal talks tied to a proposed Rays stadium and mixed-use development.

Tampa’s CRA will consider a $5.5M request to fund infrastructure upgrades at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.

B&A acquired Celestar, expanding intelligence capabilities across defense and national security markets.

East Tampa’s $34.7M Fair Oaks Recreation Center opens as a major community investment heading into 2026.

St. Petersburg is the first Florida city to adopt a faith based policy aimed at expanding affordable housing opportunities.

Tampa is putting its police HQ on the market for $36M — here’s why the city is selling and what comes next.

It was August 2021, between the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the 20th anniversary of 9/11, when Bryan Stern met his destiny as a first responder. Stern, a former intelligence operative and agent for the Department of Defense, was cruising 33,000 feet over the Atlantic, using spotty airplane Wi-Fi, when he filed the official paperwork

► Sweetgreen, a Los Angeles-based fast-casual restaurant, signed a lease, at 1114 Central Ave., in St. Petersburg’s Edge District. ► St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch appointed several members to run his team including Stephanie Owens as deputy mayor and chief of policy, Janelle Irwin Taylor as communications director, Tom Greene as interim city administrator and

Jared Moskowitz has been in public life for 15 years, and he’s only 40. Politics has always been in his blood. Born in Coral Springs, Moskowitz grew up in a political household—his father was a big fundraiser for the Democratic party—and he remembers that Jesse Jackson was the first politician he ever met, and that