Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Wednesday boosting penalties for retail theft, including sanctions for “porch pirates” who steal deliveries from outside people’s homes.
New candidates have filed to run in the Manatee County Commission county-wide District 7 Race and the School Board District 1 Race.
Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in six swing states, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll released this week. The poll was conducted by …
The De Soto Grand Parade returns on Saturday, April 27, with a completely new parade route and other major changes. The DeSoto Society says the event has outgrown its traditional …
Gov. Ron DeSantis says that the constitutional amendments that Floridians will vote on in November — abortion access and recreational weed — are “extreme” and …
Kevin-Kyle Kaczynski-Von Oswald XVII is back with episode seven of The Real KVO, a cartoon lampooning the Manatee County Commission and, specifically, Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge. The …
Florida Supreme Court justices on Monday approved ballot language for a constitutional amendment that will ask Floridians in November whether they want to legalize recreational cannabis for adults 21 …
The Florida Supreme Court released two blockbuster rulings on abortion rights on Monday — one that within a few weeks will allow a ban on the procedure after six weeks’ gestation to take …
Pinellas County Republican Sen. Nick DiCeglie gave a brief presentation about a controversial vacation rental bill when he went before a group of mayors, vice mayors and other elected officials in …
On Monday, the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority Board approved the sale of 30-plus acres of airport land to New College/State of Florida. The agreement will go into effect once …
A bipartisan group of 20 state attorneys general and the AG of the District of Columbia sent a letter to congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. last week, calling on them to address the …
A new Florida law banning young teens from using social media—rewritten after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed an earlier proposal—will take effect in January after the …
The Manatee County Government and SRQ Sarasota-Manatee Airport are partnering to construct a $2.2 million public observation area at the intersection of 15th Street East and Lindbergh Court in southern Manatee County.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked 58 cases of measles in 2024, which is the number of total cases reported last year, according to the agency. Those 58 cases have …
A state appeals court heard arguments Tuesday over whether prosecution of elections crimes should be handled by locally elected state attorneys or by a statewide prosecutor who answers to Republican …
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Friday designed to make it harder for undocumented immigrants to live in the state — thereby, he said, possibly deterring them from …
A purchasing agreement executed last fall between the Manatee County Government and a local payroll and PEO company has grown into a six-figure contract after just six months.
A coalition of state watchdog groups have sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling on him to veto an ethics bill that prohibits ethics commissions from pursuing any investigation of public …
Manatee County Commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with preparing a sale contract to purchase 97 acres of environmentally sensitive land for the expansion of the Emerson …
The 2024 Florida Legislative Session wrapped up this weekend with the passage of a $117.5 billion budget. Several bills slipped through in the final hours, including one that …
