As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far ...

Polk County's interim administrator says the county will be able to balance its fiscal year 2026 budget despite facing a $7.2 ...

A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

An audience filled the Polk County Commission chambers for the annual meeting with legislators, just days before the session ...

Educators in Polk County are getting a historic raise after eight months of bargaining between the school district and ...

Polk County residents voiced their concerns and ... local elected officials urged legislators not to pursue the elimination of property taxes, an idea that has Gov. Ron DeSantis has floated.

A Polk County wildfire around the towns of Tryon and Saluda has now spread to approximately 593 acres with 60% containment as ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A woman is recovering in the hospital after she was reportedly bitten by an alligator at a nature ...

Polk County is one of the lowest-funded school districts in the state, ranking 63rd out of 67 counties for per-pupil funding.

Doherty Holdings Seventeenth LLC and Sarasota Toy Cars LLC purchased the property at 7435 S. Tamiami Trail for $14 million in ...

A limited liability company based in Austin, Texas, has acquired medical office property at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. in Des ...