Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass ...

Manatee County officials are considering charging residents a new stormwater fee to reduce widespread flooding issues. The fee would add millions to the budget for cleaning canals and waterways and ...

Florida is one of at least 10 states that has sought to ban weather modification in the past few years, according to the ...

Manatee County's Neighborhood Ambassador Academy offers a detailed 11-week local government program starting May 2, 2025.

Manatee's DOGE committee will be made up of county staff, the clerk, and five citizens with backgrounds in finance.

A measure moving through the Florida Legislature would make secret the addresses and phone numbers of elected officials ...

Fired rangers at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida got their jobs back, but manatee fans and local ...

Benton County is getting a new look, and a new logo is in store for the central Minnesota county. "We wanted something that was simple, clean, but just a little different from what we had before ...

And, where the government really can learn from the private sector. The idea that the government should be run more like a business isn’t new. But with two businessmen, Donald Trump and Elon ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has announced a transitional government, appointing 23 ministers in a new broadened and diverse cabinet. The cabinet announced on Saturday included Yarub Badr ...

By Carlotta Gall Reporting from Damascus, Syria A new caretaker government announced late on Saturday by Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, appeared to be a compromise, meeting calls for ...