It's budget season in Manatee County—and The Big Picture Manatee team is here to help you make sense of the numbers that ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving in the direction of subsidizing polluting industries and rubber-stamping permits, rather than protecting the health and well-being of people and … ...

Mystical Visions is a female-fronted pop/rock cover band, organically grown in Sarasota Florida! Serving up pop favorites ...

Lu the Hippopotamus reigned as Homosassa Springs' most unexpected resident and beloved icon. From Hollywood beginnings to his ...

October 18, 1956 — June 5, 2025 Cortez, Florida. Michael Angelo Carrubba, 68, of Bradenton, Florida, passed away on June 5, 2025. Born on October 18, 1956, in Germany, he was the son of the late ...

September 14, 1933 - June 11, 2025. Norfolk, Massachusetts - Robert J. Valle, age 91, passed away on June 11 at a local Hospice care facility. Bob was the son of Robert P. Valle and Mary (Maffei) ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking the USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare in Tampa on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the ...

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)The United States could default between Aug. 15 and Oct. 3 if Congress doesn’t act ...

Bradenton is moving forward with momentum. Thanks to collaboration and a shared vision, our city is seeing real progress. From new community partnerships to upcoming leadership transitions, there’s a ...

Anthony (Tony) Rege, 65, of Chicopee, MA. passed away at home in Bradenton, FL on May 28, 2025. Tony was born on February 17, 1960. He attended Chicopee Comp. High School and later attended Central ...

The entire state of Florida should be declared an evacuation zone for human beings under 18. Not because ferocious hurricanes are bearing down, but because of the way its conservative “leaders” ...

Much of the public discourse around the budget bills Congress is developing concerns the potential impact on access to and funding for Medicaid, the federally funded health insurance program.