Learn more about Florida's state marine mammal, including information on organizations looking to protect them and how you ...

Visitors snug in Manatee County beds netted $1.87 million in tourist development tax revenues in December 2024. The Manatee County Tax Collector’s office ...

A 2023 state law empowers local governments to use cameras and radar or laser-based speed detection systems to fine motorists ...

The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught up by a federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump on Monday that was swiftly blocked in federal court on Tuesday.

Holmes Beach long believed that the county-operated boat ramp was within city limits, but a survey several years ago indicated the property, which is owned by the Florida Department of Transportation, ...

Two of Friday and Saturday’s five jackpot winners from Florida Lottery drawings came from West Miami-Dade near Kendall and in the Bradenton area. Nobody hit it big on the Florida Lotto, Mega Millions, ...

Manatee County's cities already maintain their own vacation rental policies, but the county's potential regulation would apply to any short-term rentals in unincorporated Manatee. The proposal was ...