Lakeland officials gave a greenlight for a new townhouse development in the Kathleen area, immediately adjacent to two ...

Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County.

In documents provided by the Polk County Property Appraiser’s Office, as of June, two projects were approved for the 2024 tax roll under Live Local Act tax breaks for developments.

Florida's $115.1 billion budget for 2025-2026, passed after a delayed legislative session, includes milions in funding for various Polk County projects.

The Bastrop City Council approved the city’s future land use map after a lengthy discussion on the specifics of proposed land use downtown.

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.

The Future Land Use Map is a part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan, a guide for local land-use and other big-picture decisions. It was last updated in 2013.

Nine bills primarily sponsored by Polk County lawmakers passed in the 2025 session of the Florida Legislature, which remains incomplete.