manatee county

They intend to prevent the injection of hundreds of millions of gallons of polluted wastewater from the Piney Point phosphate plant into the underground aquifer.

County Commissioners made several arguments for and against sending the letter to Attorney General Ashley Moody while protestors rallied outside the county’s Administrative Center.

Members of the public can submit written comments about the proposal and attend a public meeting on Oct. 6 in Bradenton.

Teams from Manatee County surveying damage found minor flooding along the Myakka River and the barrier islands, where some turtle nests were affected.

Following a four-month investigation, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office released a 113-page report that concluded that none of Vanessa Baugh’s actions rose to the level of a crime.

Two people died this week and a number of county employees contracted COVID-19.

Hopes has been serving on an interim basis since April 1.

Piney Point's owner is among the targets of the lawsuit, which seeks a full cleanup and closure of the former phosphate plant.

Also called tenant-based Section 8, the Housing Choice Voucher program is the federal government's largest rental assistance program.

Salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. They create habitat for wildlife, protect shorelines from erosion, reduce flooding, and protect water quality by filtering runoff.

One commissioner said the well is a better option than having millions more gallons of wastewater dumped into Tampa Bay.

The red tide bloom comes within weeks of a major discharge of nutrient-rich water from the Piney Point phosphate plant into Tampa Bay.