Manatee County residents need to prepare for less protection from storm surges, increased insurance rates, insurance companies canceling additional homeowner policies, and more water pollution. …
In what amounted to a reprehensible mockery of the democratic process itself, Manatee County Commissioners voted 6-1 to move forward in gutting the county’s own wetland protection policy during …
In a 3-2 vote last week, the Manatee School Board approved an amendment to Team Success’ charter that will allow for the construction of a second campus adjacent to the SRQ airport, …
Though I was pleasantly surprised by the Planning Commission’s vote against the transmittal of proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment PA-23-06/Ordinance 23-66 to delete the county’s …
As you peel away the layers of the developer-driven proposal to gut Manatee County’s wetland protection policies, the smell of this already rancid onion just keeps getting worse. Considering …
This week, our favorite soap opera/horror story offered up some twists and turns as another character was written off the show and Machiavellian plots among board members continued to unfold. …
Phosphate industry representatives have increased their efforts to convince people that phosphogypsum may soon become an important asset in the form of mining Rare Earth Elements from phosphogypsum …
Over the next several months, the Manatee County Commission and its administration will set about an overhaul of the county’s comprehensive land use plan and its policies regarding wetland …
At Tuesday's Manatee County Commission meeting, Commissioner George Kruse asked why the approved timeline for addressing impact fees had seemed to be abandoned. He didn't get much of an answer. …