It's budget season in Manatee County—and The Big Picture Manatee team is here to help you make sense of the numbers that impact your daily life. Join former County Administrator Cheri Coryea, …
We live in paradise or do we. Glorious sunsets and waving palm trees belie what is under Florida’s surface. Currently, contractors are working around the clock to prepare a gulag for …
On May 22, I despaired at the news that House Republicans had passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” When Trump won in November, I’d hoped congressional Republicans might serve …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving in the direction of subsidizing polluting industries and rubber-stamping permits, rather than protecting the health and well-being of people and …
It wasn’t muskets or treaties that reignited Florida’s final Seminole War, it was bananas. In the winter of 1855, Chief Billy Bowlegs, a respected leader known for his diplomacy and silver-plated presidential medallions, returned to his beloved garden in the Big Cypress Swamp to find it trampled by U.S. soldiers. The towering banana trees he had nurtured, intended as gifts for Seminole children and white settlers alike, lay in ruins. That Christmas Eve, with a face full of mud and a heart full of fury, Bowlegs lit a fire that would burn across Florida’s frontier for years to come.
A county-owned property planned initially to become a free-standing departmental building for the staff of Manatee County’s Community and Veterans Services Department might now be considered for use as a future Pride Park Community Center.
On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani pulled off one of the most unlikely grassroots upsets in the history of U.S. politics. The 33-year-old social democrat and member of the New York State Assembly overcame …
The meeting was called to order at 5:31 p.m. by Chair Choate. Mr. Tatem read the district vision statement, asked the audience to stand for the invocation by Wyatt Broxson of Suncoast Baptist …
Over the past week, red tide was not observed in samples collected statewide. We continue to use satellite imagery (USF and NOAA NCCOS) to help track nearshore and offshore conditions.
Keep Manatee Beautiful is calling on 300 volunteers to join its largest-ever sea oat planting and sand dune restoration
Manatee County Commission Chair George Kruse (R-D7) took to social media Friday to blast Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of SB 180, which will extend a prohibition on communities enacting stricter …
Last week, Florida’s recently appointed attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced that he had a pretty snazzy idea: Build the state’s biggest immigrant detention center in the middle of …
Manatee County Animal Welfare has suspended all feline intake at Bishop Animal Shelter following a confirmed outbreak of panleukopenia, a highly contagious and often deadly …
This is the official Melton Little candidacy announcement. Running for House District 71.
519 13th St in Bradenton has officially sold for full asking price at $1,095,000. Represented by Adam Doak of American Property Group.
Hendricks Wealth and Estate Management (HWEM) is excited to announce the addition of two talented Financial Advisors, Chris Beissner and Tom Anderson, to its growing team.
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has an obvious theme: continuing to run up the national debt through upward redistribution of wealth and Pentagon overspending, while promising that it …
Local attorney Melton Little has announced he will join the Republican primary for the 2026 Florida House District 71 race. The seat is currently held by Will Robinson, who is …
After fleeing a deadly hit-and-run accident, Juan Victor Santizhernandez was convicted in a jury trial of Driving Without a Valid Driver's License Causing Death, Leaving the Scene of a Crash with …
On Friday, July 4, Waterside Place will host a "Star-Spangled Spectacular" from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring circus acts, classic carnival games, a kids zone, local eats, and a drone …