Service for the Gulf Islands Ferry is set to start Friday, January 12, 2024, barring any inclement weather. Visitors and residents can catch a ride on the water Friday …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
The District 5 Manatere County Commissionrace draws another candidate who is pledging to help “reform the county commission.”
On Monday, the New College Board of Trustees will vote on "Approval of Initial Terms for Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Agreement," hoping to move forward with plans to …
Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge is the subject of a Florida Commission on Ethics investigation after an ethics complaint filed against the commissioner was …
Via administrative procedure, the Florida Democratic Party has decided that primary challengers to Joe Biden will not be allowed on the state's ballot.
A tsunami is building against Republican Party of Florida Chair Christian Ziegler, who remains under investigation over alleged sexual battery against a woman in Sarasota in October. And now, party …
A volunteer coordinator recently hired by the Manatee County Government is raising concern among community members and former animal shelter volunteers after a …
The sexual battery investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler began with a 911 call from a friend of the alleged victim who was worried about her well-being, according to a recording of …
In a major ruling with broad implications across Florida, the state’s Supreme Court said Thursday that a constitutional amendment voters passed in 2018 known as …
Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms of Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under criminal investigation after a woman filed …
New College of Florida has hired one of Florida’s top lobbying firms, Ballard Partners, to monitor its interests in federal infrastructure and education legislation. The international lobbying …
