A video recently emerged online showing a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting Reverend David Black in the head with a pepper ball. Black is a Presbyterian …
The Republican Party of Texas' governing board will meet in Austin on Saturday to decide whether to begin censuring state representatives whom party leaders deem insufficiently …
Robert Morris, a megachurch pastor in Texas, was sentenced last week to only six months in jail after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. He was a faith …
The Florida House on Thursday unanimously elected Republican Rep. Sam Garrison to be the next Speaker of the House. Representing Fleming Island, a suburb of Jacksonville, Garrison will take over …
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, or lack of …
It will be a quiet week in local government. There are no meetings of note on any county or municipal calendars.
Manatee County Commissioners appear to be on the path to making Manatee County the second Florida community to officially honor the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk through the naming of …
After being criticized for breaking the apolitical tradition of the U.S. military while addressing generals and admirals last week, President Donald Trump ratcheted up the rhetoric …
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents …
Florida’s top Medicaid official came before the Legislature Tuesday to update state senators on a pending legal battle with the federal government over expansion of the popular children’s …
In this episode of The Big Picture Manatee, hosts Cheri Coryea, Misty Servia, and Reggie Bellamy dive deep into Manatee County’s newly approved $3.5 billion budget and what it means for local …
Manatee County Government has announced the launch of “Cortez,” a new interactive digital assistant designed to help residents and visitors quickly find answers to …
Taylor-Joy Internicola and Hydalmy Ortiz, former Manatee County teacher aides who were arrested after tying up a nonverbal 7-year-old autistic student at G.D. Rogers Garden-Bullock …
Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, has said that the party is considering opening its primaries to Florida’s 3.4 million NPA’s. This is a stunning reversal from …
Manatee County officials, along with community partners and members of the public, came together on Wednesday to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of a new community facility …
A sweeping new law in Florida that took effect Wednesday makes it illegal to produce sexual images of a person using artificial intelligence or similar technologies without their …
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will begin hearings on Monday to consider Florida Power & Light Co.’s (FPL) petition for a base rate increase that, while lower than its …
Do you love this country and the freedoms we enjoy? Do you sometimes feel like our democracy is slipping away? The League of Women Voters is right there with you! Let’s do …
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Republican leaders refused requests from Democrats to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) this week, saying she will be …
On Wednesday, Congress was notified that President Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and that the United States is now in a "non-international armed …