Manatee County is accepting applications for one seat on the Planning Commission, a citizen’s advisory committee that makes recommendations to the Board of County …
This year will end on a major cliffhanger for abortion access. Last November, anti-abortion activists via a powerful conservative Christian law firm asked a federal court to …
The holidays will impact local government hours and services. Here's a look at how the calendar will be effected in Manatee County. County offices will be closed on the …
The highly anticipated last link of the 44 th Avenue East project is now officially underway, following a groundbreaking earlier this morning. Manatee County Board of …
The Republican Party of Florida on Sunday censured Chairman Christian Ziegler and stripped his power and salary—except for $1—following an alleged sexual battery against a woman in …
U.S. senators late Monday said they are closer to an agreement on changes to immigration policy in order to clear a multi-billion-dollar global security package, but any timing on …
There will be no meetings this week in observance of the Christmas and New Year's Holidays. the Manatee County School District (all sites) will remain closed through January …
Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan are the latest state Republicans to call for their party leader to step down in the aftermath of revelations stemming from an …
As another legislative session looms in Tallahassee, so comes another attempt by Florida lawmakers to give more power to the state rather than local governments to regulate short-term vacation rental …
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 …
This Saturday is National Wreaths Across America Day. The event will occur at more than 4,200 participating locations across the country, an increase of more than 500 above last …
It will be another slow week in local governments this week. On Monday, the Palmetto City Commission will be in session for a workshop and regular meeting. …
At the start of the new year, a new chairman will lead Manatee County Commission meetings. During a regular meeting on Tuesday, Commissioners elected 2024 commission officer …
On Thursday, a plan to sell city-owned property across the street from Palmetto's Riverside Boat Ramp will go before the Palmetto CRA Advisory Board. It will be the first step in the …
Rumors that Manatee County Attorney Bill Clague would resign have been rampant over the past week. On Tuesday, Clague put the rumors to rest when he publicly announced that he would …
Sarasota police have recovered a cell phone video taken by Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler of his sexual encounter with a woman who has alleged he raped he …
Florida already has term limits in the state Legislature—but not in Congress—and lawmakers in a state House committee Tuesday began a push for term limits in congressional seats.
The Manatee County Commission, the Manatee Port Authority, the Manatee School Board, the Bradenton City Council, and the Manatee Planning Commission will each be in session this …
The District 5 Manatere County Commissionrace draws another candidate who is pledging to help “reform the county commission.”
The chair of a legislative committee that oversees spending on homeless programs in Florida says he wants to know if the “substantial amount of taxpayer dollars” the state devotes to …