LAKELAND - Polk County and surrounding metropolitan areas are experiencing some of the nation's weakest economic recoveries in the wake of the Great Recession. A new Brookings Institution report ev… ...

Further, the expansion of Dollar General and similar retail stores in rural areas of Polk County meet “a unique need in the market by providing shopping conveniences of both a retail store and a ...

Redistricting map splits Polk County into 4 congressional districts, Lakeland into 3 by: Staci DaSilva. Posted: Apr 21, 2022 / 07:02 PM EDT. Updated: Apr 21, 2022 / 07:02 PM EDT.

Polk County supervisors approved a redistricting map Wednesday that has the potential to drastically change the makeup of the board, with four of the five incumbents now sharing districts that ...