Manatee County Veterans Services has partnered with Bay Area Legal Services to offer free monthly legal clinics for veterans at its Bradenton office, beginning this month. “This partnership …
The Trump administration has paused more than $6 billion in funding already appropriated by Congress that could affect after-school, student support, teacher training, English …
Days after President Donald Trump signed a massive budget bill, attorneys for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its state members in Massachusetts and Utah filed a lawsuit Monday …
Our Next Mission, a local nonprofit that provides housing to at-risk veterans, currently has a two-bedroom, partially furnished unit in Pescara Lake Mobile Home Park in Bradenton, …
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened tariffs from 25% to 40% on all goods from seven countries, including major U.S. trade partners Japan and South Korea. The tariffs would go into effect …
Mega-farmer Francis Alfred “Alfie” Oakes III addresses the camera as massive watermelons come rolling down a conveyor belt at one of his farms in Collier County. Behind him are workers, …
Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Florida …
A new Florida law impacting first-time learner license holders under the age of 18 goes into effect this summer. While the law is effective July 1, Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) …
The federal government is disavowing responsibility for Florida’s Everglades immigration center the morning after people awaiting deportation arrived. The U.S. Department of Homeland …
Over the past week, the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected statewide. We continue to use satellite imagery (USF and NOAA NCCOS) to help track …
It will be another very quiet week in local government with no meetings of note on any local government calendars. The Manatee County Commission remains on recess through July …
As we prepare to celebrate our nation's 249th birthday, 76% of Americans say democracy is under serious threat, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll . The poll comes as the Trump …
SpaceX is reportedly planning to build a satellite communications facility in Myakka City, according to county records. First reported by the Bradenton Herald , the company filed …
After vetoing nearly $600 million in proposed funding by the state lawmakers, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the state's 2025-26 budget. All four of the Manatee County …
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a tour of the new ICE detention center that was assembled in …
Despite President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill being deeply unpopular with a majority of Americans, Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote after Republican holdout …
Caitlyn ‘Katie’ Sandt, 19, has been missing since October 30, according to her family. Sandt's family reported her missing to the Bradenton Police in November and …
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, …
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.
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 …