During a Budget Reconciliation/Approval of Tentative Millage Rate meeting on Manatee County Commissioners voted 5-1 to hold the general millage rate steady ahead of upcoming TRIM ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is questioning the federal government’s recruitment of Florida’s local and state police who are focused on enforcing immigration laws. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

AHCA Secretary Shevaun Harris' agency is moving to implement new nursing home laws, including patient safety culture surveys, that Senate President Ben Albritton helped to champion. Florida health ...

The state agency charged with monitoring election fraud in Florida has new leadership. Jillian Pratt, a former assistant general counsel in the Florida Department of State, was appointed director of ...

Teacher vacancies in Florida’s public schools are down 17.7% headed into the 2025-2026 school year, according to the Department of Education. The department did not provide additional data or … ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health … ...

Dave Parker II offered a wonderful tribute to his late father, David Gene Parker, when delivering a Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction speech in Cooperstown, N.Y., last Sunday. Parker is … ...

Members of both parties on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chastised a U.S. Department of Agriculture official Wednesday for not consulting Congress before proposing to shift thousands of jobs ...

This week, Jose Alfredo Gomez was convicted of Manslaughter by Culpable Negligence With A Firearm and Aggravated Battery with Great Bodily Harm With A Firearm. The crimes were committed on June 11, ...

Derek Trucks was, it seems, born to play guitar. A child prodigy, by 13, Trucks had played with legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy. At 20, he formed the Derek Trucks Band, then, at 25 … ...

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 adherence ...

The city of Miami’s proposal to delay its general municipal election scheduled for this November until next year without voter approval has been ruled unconstitutional by Florida’s Third District ...