St. Petersburg

A bill that would ban cities and counties from actively participating or funding DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion events — passed the state Senate Thursday.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch took listeners' calls and addressed several topics, including the redevelopment of the historic Gas Plant District.

"Florida Matters Live & Local" sits down with Mayor Ken Welch, examines how immigration verification rules would reshape local services in Manatee County, and explores efforts to restore a historic Tampa landmark.

The developer planning to raze the buildings for a new tower has said the project was meant to underscore local artistic talent. But many artists see it differently.

The group gathered to speak out against the possibility of another war in the Middle East. Meantime, a rally of Iranian Americans in downtown Tampa celebrated the military strikes.

For the first time in decades, NASCAR's modified pickup trucks take on a street circuit, joining the headliner open-wheel racecars for a rare crossover weekend in downtown St. Petersburg.

The structures will eventually be knocked down to create room for French furniture designer Roche Bobois’s first branded residential tower in the U.S.

"The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland" is on view at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg through May 31.

“It could be any food, really, but especially in the African American community it conjures up moments in time, moments in family history …”

The number of submissions is down to eight after the city of St. Petersburg website listed a development from Tempo Novus as withdrawn.

A collaboration with Moffitt Cancer Center is now part of one plan to reimagine the area around Tropicana Field. However, the renowned cancer institution already has a home in St. Petersburg.

The city is considering forming its own utility company following customer concerns over Duke's rising bills.