Recreational Marijuana Petition Successful: "A University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab poll found 70% of respondents “strongly” or “somewhat” support the amendment. The measure does not establish a framework for what a legal market would…
Manatee County’s Median Home Price Surpasses Previous Record SARASOTA, Fla. (May 18, 2023) – The housing market in Sarasota and Manatee counties reported year-over-year increases in the median sale price for both property types, with…
School officials will soon be gearing up to push back start times for many high schools under a new law that mandates changes to the beginning of the school day — but some lawmakers and…
Sales Tax Relief Awaits DeSantis Signature. Establishes Two Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays The legislation creates two, 14-day “back-to-school” sales tax holidays from July 24 – August 6, 2023, and January 1 – January 14, 2024,…
Mote Release: Two loggerhead sea turtles, nicknamed “Lilly” and “Farmer,” were released from Lido Beach on Tuesday, May 16, after recovering from red tide toxins at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.…
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that today, following a six-week trial, a jury has returned guilty verdicts on nine counts of the superseding indictment charging Phillip Roy Wasserman (66, Sarasota) with conspiracy to…
FRIDAY FEST RETURNS TO THE VAN WEZEL – Friday Fest, the free, outdoor summertime concert series at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall returns this year with an exciting lineup of bands who will bring…
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will conclude its 2022-2023 “American Dreams” theatre season with the world-premiere musical revue, “Big Sexy: The Fats Waller Revue.” The show runs from April 19 through May 28, 2023. Thomas Wright…
WGCU | By AccuWeather and other sources The 2023 hurricane season could be almost a carbon copy of 2022 with a similar number of storms, the long-range forecasters at AccuWeather said. The company's current projections indicate…
Manatee County rakes 7,000 pounds of dead fish in two weeks Currently, there is roughly 100 square miles of Florida’s Gulf Coast waters are painted with red tide. The harmful algal bloom, , is…