Pinellas County

Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, along with Tampa, are opening a number of new testing sites — including temporary locations in Tampa and Plant City that will be open for the New Year's weekend.

Pinellas County had $9.8 million more in hotel tax collections compared to 2019; Hillsborough County was up $1.5 million.

Pinellas County signed on to a plan to completely move to zero emission energy sources by 2050. It's considered more of a target than a concrete goal.

Forward Pinellas is hosting virtual and in-person events this week to discuss potential St. Petersburg road projects.

Community health centers in Florida will get $39.7 million in American Rescue Plan funds and part of it will go to clinics in the greater Tampa Bay region.

The updated Pinellas County maps are the result of a coastal flood risk study started in 2012 and under review since 2018.

About 50 ambulances a day are having to wait over an hour to offload patients because emergency rooms do not have the space or staff for new patients, officials said.

Pinellas County commissioners voted not to raise a tax on gasoline, even though the money would be used to meet a shortfall in road repair funds.

An action plan with a “Vision Zero” approach to end pedestrian deaths in Pinellas County was approved at a recent commission meeting.

In an effort to ease the disparities in vaccination rates of communities of color, Pinellas officials and a local organization are teaming up to offer COVID-19 vaccine sites in St. Petersburg.

New hospice programs may now be coming to seven counties, including Broward, Lee and Manatee, which were not included in a Feb. 5 list of areas that needed new programs.

The two additional early voting sites are planned for the Countryside and Tyrone/Lealman areas.