manatee county

Heightened evacuation protocols took effect Tuesday with residents living in Level A and B areas required to evacuate. Those living in Level C zones are under voluntary evacuation orders.

Officials say the water has accumulated during the rainy season and is not contaminated, but environmental groups are not convinced the discharge won't impact the health of the bay.

Property values are skyrocketing all across Florida, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues for local governments.

Only background levels of the red tide organism Karenia brevis have been detected in the Gulf of Mexico, which is normal. But when a bloom arrives again, Manatee is now better prepared.

County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge called the County Clerk of Court's allegations "politically motivated."

Manatee County officials are looking forward to the next chapter in the saga.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, the State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran are named as defendants, along with the school boards in Manatee, Sarasota, Miami-Dade, St. Johns and Jackson counties.

It hopes to help spread awareness about the housing affordability crisis with the dashboard, which will be updated regularly.

The plan would permanently close four gypsum stacks formerly used to store toxic wastewater from the production of fertilizer.

Manatee County is now the 6th fastest growing county in Florida. One commissioner said the county should focus less on sprawl and more on building up urban areas like Bradenton.

Defendants asked U.S. District Judge William Jung to dismiss the lawsuit, but several environmental agencies say the state and other defendants should be held liable.

The service would aim to decrease traffic going on and off Anna Maria Island.