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 …
Manatee County Commissioners unanimously approved the $23.5 million purchase of a “secondary” county administrative building located in Lakewood Ranch during a …
Three days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill ( HB 1205 ) making it more challenging to place citizen-led constitutional amendments on the ballot, an organization working on just …
A session that started under the lingering shadow of a bitter yet short-lived argument over immigration came sputtering to an end Friday with no agreement on a new state budget, the one bill the …
On Friday, Florida Politics reported that Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to consolidate the University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee and the Ringling Museum under a vastly expanded New …
Manatee County Commissioners are set to vote on whether to approve a proposed acquisition to support the relocation of the downtown county administrative building. Next …
The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chair Choate followed by the reading of the district vision by Ms. Spray. To provide the invocation, Ms. Spray introduced Sylvia Archie, a member …
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency received its first round of comments for a new rule that will redefine "waters of the United States" in order to remove protections …
When Stephanie Price took over as manager of an RV park near Fort Myers Beach in southwest Florida, she had a problem: The bay bordering the park had abandoned, sunken …
Red tide was detected at background concentrations in two samples from Southwest Florida. We continue to examine chlorophyll satellite imagery (USF, NOAA NCCOS), and conditions appear clear, without …
The newly elected vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida was convicted in 2019 as part of a state felony investigation into whether he had a sexual relationship with an …
A Manatee County teacher resigned and is under investigation by the Manatee Sheriff's Office after a 5th-grade female student's parents discovered a disturbing letter from the …
On Thursday morning, word leaked that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz would be stepping down. President Donald Trump then made the surprising announcement in a Truth Social …
Florida’s new Halo Law, the controversial statute intended to protect law enforcement from harassment, went into effect at the start of this year. Now the first people arrested and prosecuted …
The Florida Legislature will not vote on a budget for at least another 10 days, as leaders of each chamber say they’re still working on a deal. The legislative session is set to end Friday …
The Manatee County Commission will be in session three days this week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. After holding a work session meeting on Wednesday, the Manatee …
On Monday, Nana’s Books Foundation President Dr. Dennis Dulniak completed the delivery of 1,430 grade-appropriate books to 627 James Tillman students, their 33 classrooms, and …
Jack Hayes wasn’t looking for trouble. So, when an administrator from Boone High in Orlando caught the 17-year-old student on his phone – a restricted device on campus …
White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday blamed the parents of U.S. citizen children the Trump administration sent to Honduras over the weekend. At a Monday morning press …
The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected at background concentrations in one sample from Northwest Florida. We continue to examine chlorophyll satellite imagery (USF, NOAA …