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 ...

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… ...

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 ...