Included in the budget: raises for city employees, more firefighters and about $34 million in capital improvement projects.

BARTOW — Polk County residents can be confident that their requests to members of the Florida Legislature will still be fresh when this year’s session begins. A standing-room-only audience filled the ...

Lakeland officials are considering a proposed $815 million city budget for next year that holds the line on taxes, with capital investments in infrastructure. The City Commission held its first public ...

Residents won't feel much of a change in their property tax bills. City workers will see raises though, and there are plenty ...

The Lakeland-based grocer has leased the buildings for $1 per year for 30 years. They're part of its plans for a massive IT ...

Gaye Sharpe is retiring after seven years as director of Polk County’s Parks and Natural Resources Division and 35 years of ...