As leaders in the Florida House and Senate, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, and Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, have so far filed no bills.

The Polk Transportation Planning Organization discussed a proposed toll road in eastern Polk County, the Central Polk Parkway East. Board members expressed concerns about the project's potential ...

Bills filed by Polk County’s six state legislators in this year’s session address a range of subjects: water management, land annexation, lawsuits against owners of former phosphate land, the ...

Polk County residents voiced their concerns and requests to Florida state legislators at a recent meeting. Funding for ...

Polk County residents voiced their concerns and requests to Florida state legislators at a recent meeting. Funding for various projects, including a new fire station and the expansion of Polk ...

Polk County Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell announced. Candidate qualifying closed in the last slate of municipalities on Feb. 14. Residents in the cities of Davenport, Dundee, Haines City ...

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise is in the planning phase of its Central Polk ... county government and cities across the county. county and city ...

The Polk Transportation Planning Organization expressed a mixture of concerns Thursday morning while discussing a proposed toll road in eastern Polk County. Some members seemed impatient at the ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The city of Lakeland unanimously voted on Monday to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. Since November, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has been urging ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a driver was shot by another motorist on Interstate 4 between Polk City and Auburndale ... Interstate 4 shooting map This is the ...

Here’s what to know about the current measles outbreak, how common the measles is in the U.S., how it spreads and what the ...