Manatee County Commission Chair George Kruse called it “a vision for the future.” The county held a special work session Feb.

A report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission shows Lee, Brevard and Citrus counties lead the state in manatee deaths through Feb. 14.

Proposed bill seeks to increase county commission boards in Colorado's largest counties from three to five elected officials.

Manatee County is hardly the leading edge of liberalism. Yet it says something about Florida’s tortured approach to growth when the county commission there — all seven Republicans — discusses ways to ...

Local experts confirmed that red tide is present along the Sarasota and Manatee County coast, but spotty and at low levels in waters near popular beaches like those at Siesta Key, Lido Key, Longboat ...