This Week in Local Government lists scheduled meetings of the Manatee County Commission, Manatee County Planning Commission, Tourist Development Council and Port Au ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he has appointed Richard Comerford secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC), the third largest correctional system in the United States. He … ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans celebrated last year when they barred Medicaid payments from going to Planned Parenthood for one year, predicting the financial impact would hollow out the organization. … ...

Hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the state would soon designate the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) a domestic terrorist organization, the Muslim civil rights ...

Florida’s pro-immigration groups on Thursday blasted a new rule banning undocumented students from state colleges as “cruel” and potentially illegal. On a Zoom meeting, the coalition of legal … ...

WASHINGTON — As outdoor celebrations and events marking the nation’s 250th anniversary and the World Cup reach their peak, local officials across the country are urging caution amid a heat wave … ...

The State of Florida has officially designated a stretch of U.S. Route 41 in Sarasota County as the Dickey Betts Memorial Highway, honoring the late Allman Brothers Band co-founder and ...

Dear Mr. President, Greetings from Florida, your adopted home state and the place where you seem to go golfing every week or so. I hear you’ve been having a big problem with a nasty intruder in the ...

While Republican Florida Senator Jim Boyd is unopposed in August's primary, two Democrats will compete for the nomination to challenge the Senate President-Elect in November. Gerald Baldi and John ...

TAMPA — Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he has received a recommendation to designate the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Florida, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa as … ...

“I want to thank our teachers and parents for the important work they do each day to help students achieve their full potential. These results are worth celebrating, but they also challenge us to ...

For most music fans, Colin Hay will be forever known as a founding member of Men at Work, a group he spent six years in during its original run from 1978 to 1986. During that time, the original ...