Local governments will be very busy this week. The Sarasota/Manatee MPO, the Palmetto City Commission, the Manatee County Commission, the Manatee County School Board, and the …
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) confirmed this week that it will be retiring a decades-long maintained and updated database that tracks natural …
A lawsuit alleging violations of Florida’s Public Records Act by New College of Florida has been resolved through a mediated settlement that institutes sweeping reforms aimed …
For most of the 2025 Florida legislative session, it seemed as if this year would not be as bad as previous sessions regarding attacks on home rule and the ability of communities to enact rules to …
Gov. Ron DeSantis and other government officials held a news conference in Tampa on Monday to discuss immigration arrests made last week by the Florida Highway Patrol, which for the first time has …
The Bradenton City Council and the Manatee County Planning Commission will be in session this week. The Bradenton City Council will meet on Wednesday, while the Manatee County …
The Manatee Board of County Commissioners could be staring down a battle with the state or other entities in their efforts to reverse policies enacted under a previous board. During …
Multiple development application requests before Manatee County Commissioners failed to gain the board's support last week. Two ended in denials, and one narrowly escaped a denial and was granted a continuance. While taking up …
Over the past week, red tide was detected at background concentrations in two samples collected from Florida's Gulf Coast. We continue to examine chlorophyll satellite imagery (USF, NOAA …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has concluded its initial investigation into what is confirmed to be the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history this week in …
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 …
South county will get a new Chick-fil-A next week. The company's newest Manatee County location opens next Thursday, May 15, at 6010 14th Street West near Bayshore Gardens. …
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 …