Some Polk News Today

The bill would prohibit federal funding to any entity that provides “sexually-oriented” materials to children under age 10.

Polk CCDF leader opposes district policy that leaves books the group finds offensive and harmful to children in school libraries

Polk School Superintendent Frederick Heid defended the districts opt-out policy. But one activist said "we are going to be filing police reports."

Equality Florida is criticizing Duval Schools for instructing teachers to remove rainbow Safe Space stickers and signage. The school district says its a rebrand.

Mutz offered his resignation at a July 25 board meeting.

Its Publixs 24th year in a row on the list and is one of only five companies to make the popular top 100 list every year since its inception in 1998.  Additionally, Publix was named the 11th best big company to work for, making that list for the third year in a row. The list was started in 2019 and focuses on companies with more than 100,000 employees.  The list of 100 Best Companies to Work For highlighted companies that remained popular to work for despite the additional stress of working ...

After a revision of its December numbers, Polk County began the new year with a rise in unemployment, signaling the continued economic impact of the ongoing pandemic. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported Monday that the Polk County unemployment rate for January was 5.7%. Originally, the department reported the rate in December 2020 at 6.7%, which would have been an improvement, but ended up revising the figure for the county to 4.2% – a two-and-a-half-point difference. Em...