A public opinion survey shows U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds leading Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis, 44%-25, in the race for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026. That’s from a new …
At Thursday's Manatee County Commission land use meeting, commissioners voted unanimously on a continuance for its wetland policy reversal after state agencies provided an onslaught …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Defense counsel for former Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes has entered a motion to dismiss multiple new counts brought against Hopes in the ongoing litigation, State of Florida vs …
The $10 million that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration steered to a state-created charity last year consisted of Medicaid dollars owed to state and federal …
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to law enforcement Wednesday stating that he won’t stop them from enforcing a temporarily blocked state immigration law that led to the …
Local government officials who believe in the power of Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) to revitalize blighted areas will be able to continue to create those special districts under an amended …
Due to continued hot and dry weather, the Manatee County Commission is imposing a ban on all outdoor burning and the use and discharge of fireworks and sparklers in the county, effective immediately …
Joe Gruters’ close alliance with President Donald Trump continues to pay dividends for the Sarasota Republican state senator. Gruters will serve on the “revamped” Homeland …
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez held his mother in a tight embrace and wept following his release from the Leon County Jail Thursday evening, where the U.S. citizen was held after his arrest for illegally …
The former director of marketing for New College of Florida was arrested in Manatee County this week and charged with a third-degree felony for “exposure of sexual organs after …