Indivisible Manatee will host its third Community Conversation for area residents, focusing on controversial immigration policies instituted by the current administration. “Neighbors …
House Speaker Daniel Perez said out loud Monday what everyone inside the Capitol already knew: The Florida Legislature will reach the end of its regular session Friday without having a new state …
Both chambers of the Legislature, following negotiations, have agreed about what to include in the proposed School Board Members’ Bill of Rights. Board members will gain explicit rights to …
Palmetto resident Anthony Drake is the first candidate to announce plans to pursue election to the Manatee County Commission District 1 seat left vacant …
This week, the Palmetto City Commission, the Bradenton City Council, the Manatee School Board, and the Manatee County Planning Commission will be in session. …
Over the past week, red tide, Karenia brevis, was observed in four samples from Northwest Florida and two samples from Florida’s East Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 …
Senator Ashley Moody, appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill the vacancy left when Marco Rubio was appointed Secretary of State, looks to have the Republican nomination locked up. Lt. Col. Alexander …
There’s never a good time to make it more difficult for the public to oversee the police. There couldn’t be a worse time than now. The murders of two innocent civilians in Minneapolis, …
The Florida Legislature is set to pass a measure as soon as this week that would protect the identities of police officers and crime victims, more than two years after the state …
The Florida House of Representatives unanimously approved a scaled-back bill Wednesday to create a special district around the booming University Town Center area — a proposal that would still …
It's been a wild week, during which the mainstream media has mostly spent its time with pro-war propaganda, so here are a few stories you may have missed.
The League of Women Voters of Manatee County Government Committee observes Manatee County Commission meetings for items of interest to citizens and the League, and notes adherence to, or lack of …
Manatee County is proud to announce the kickoff of the new Mixon Farms Market, launching Sunday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mixon Farms, 2525 27th Street East, Bradenton, FL …
A new survey of the Florida gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races slated for this fall shows Republicans Byron Donalds and Ashley Moody with single-digit leads over their top potential Democratic …
Manatee County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to rename a portion of Crane Park as a permanent memorial to …
Whether by land, sea, or shore, Keep Manatee Beautiful (KMB) volunteers can help beautify a 3-mile stretch of Manatee Avenue West on Saturday, March 7, as part of the local celebration …
A proposal that would change how public sector union certifications are decided was approved in a Senate committee meeting Monday. The measure is fiercely contested by organized labor, which contends …
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration planned to spend more than a billion dollars on the makeshift immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator …
The Florida Senate passed SB 840, a bill that would have corrected the supposedly unintended consequences of SB180, an emergency management bill passed last year that has handcuffed Manatee County and …
Florida ranks third in the number of confirmed measles cases across the country, new data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. The CDC data, updated Friday, …