On Wednesday, the Florida Board of Education welcomed Anastasios Kamoutsas to his first state board meeting as Commissioner ...

Manatee County Government is now accepting applications from residents interested in serving on the Affordable Housing ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be cooling off, for now at least, on a plan to build a second state-run immigrant detention center at the Florida National Guard training site in Clay County. The ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged patience Wednesday from Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee who asked about a ...

AMI SKIM AND SURF offers high-end skim board rentals as well as lessons, small group or one-on-one instruction. Surf lessons too, typically long board sessions.

The Manatee River Artists Guild Annual Art & Craft Show/Sale is Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 10AM-3PM. It is held at the Waterlefe River Club, 995 Fish Hook Cove, Bradenton, FL. Enter through the ...

Blaise Ingoglia and Gov. Ron DeSantis in Tampa on July 16, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)The state of Florida has a new chief financial officer, and the Republican Party of Florida has a ...

Brice Claypool sits in for Dawn Kitterman. Mitch and Brice discuss the so-called Big Beautiful Bill's impacts on our energy ...

National Public Radio headquarters on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday began ...

Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas (Photo via DOE)Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas delivered his first speech to the State Board of Education Wednesday, quoting the Book of Psalms ...

Keri Rodrigues, president of the National Parents Union, speaks at a rally on Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C, protesting the U.S. Education Department’s mass layoffs and President Donald ...