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The Manatee County Commission District 5 Republican primary will feature Republican Robert McCann and NPA candidate Joseph Di Bartolomeo. Dr. McCann won an impressive grassroots victory over …

The Manatee County School Board D3 race will feature former school board member Charlie Kennedy and political newcomer Jonathan Lynch in a non-partisan runoff. Kennedy nearly won an outright …

The Manatee County Commission D7 race features incumbent Republican George Kruse against Democratic challenger Sari Lindroos-Valimaki. D7 is an “at-large” seat, meaning it is contested …

Summer may be over but the heat still lingers in much of the U.S. and elsewhere. As such, the need to keep pets safe becomes an increasing concern. Heat poses great risks to animals, especially those …

Race Analysis: Bradenton City Council Ward 5

The non-partisan Bradenton City Council Ward 5 race sees newcomer Iris Thomas Garcia challenging first-term incumbent Pam Coachman. Coachman won an 8-point victory over Keenan Wooten in 2020, …

Race Analysis: Manatee County Commission District 1

The Manatee County District 1 race features three candidates who we feel confident would be qualified and competent commissioners if elected. Carol Anne Felts scored the most impressive upset of …

Greetings, fellow voters in Manatee County. Rich Tatem here, your school board member in District 5. The purpose of my words today is to ask for your vote to renew the one-mil school property tax. …

Since the start of her political career, Kamala Harris has repeatedly proven her commitment to a wide variety of ecological matters. While she’s taken a broad stance on climate change and other …

Manatee County Government deserves kudos for its efforts to radically improve communications following a relatively poor performance during Hurricane Debby. Those efforts paid off during Hurricane …

Explosive Population Growth and Less Oversight of Polluters

 Funding cuts in Florida’s 2024-25 budget will make it difficult for the Florida Department of Environmental Protect (FDEP) will lead to less oversight of polluters and a rollback of …

Race Analysis: Manatee County Commission District 3

The Manatee County Commission District 3 race features Republican Tal Siddique and Democrat Diana Shoemaker.

The invention of dams was certainly one of humanity’s most innovative feats of engineering. Able to harness power from the water currents, reserving water and effectively controlling floods, …

Midnight Pass: Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to be Wasted

The Sarasota County Commission recently directed county staff to draft an amendment to change Florida Statutes so permits could be pursued to dredge a tidal connection between Little Sarasota Bay and …

Global warming refers to the long-term rise in the Earth’s average temperature, due primarily to human activities like burning fossil fuels, deforestation and industrial processes. …

Jayne Kocher Sounds Off

In Wednesday’s column, I offhandedly mentioned that there was a rumor that one of the Bradenton City Council seats might be vacated after the November election, and, if so, the plan was to …

According to experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, bees are responsible for a third of the world’s food production. Flowering plants, which make up about 75 percent …

Meanwhile, in Bizzaro World

To call Tuesday’s Manatee County Commission meeting surreal would be an incredible understatement. The historic, across-the-board upsets in the August primaries were bound to provoke some sort …

Swimming in Sewage

Less oversight and reduced regulation of the building industry have made our region a contender for the “Sewage Spill Capitol of the World.” Contact with water contaminated with raw …

The Elephant in the Room

On Wednesday, I attended Dam 101, a media event put on by Manatee County Government to help local outlets better understand the functions of the dam and reservoir at Lake Manatee in light of the …

Is Dredging Open Midnight Pass Finally Dead in the Water?

Applied Technology and Management will present their findings to the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners on alternatives to establish a Gulf to Bay Tidal Connection in the vicinity of the former …

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