Sarasota County Commission

Residents say the estimated 5,000 new homes would extend into what is now ranches and farms between Fruitville Road and University Parkway.

The 2021 fiscal year saw more than $31 million collected from hotels and short-term vacation rentals.

The Sarasota County Commission voted to stop awarding economic development incentive grants to businesses.

The online video platform favored by some conservatives, has drawn scrutiny after being awarded a taxpayer-funded grant to set up shop in Longboat Key.

Commissioners say the company's name hadn’t been made public at the time of the vote, so they were unaware that Rumble would receive the funding.

Rumble is a Canadian owned video platform especially popular among political conservatives and used by such public figures as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.

Voters were asked to do away with electing county commissioners in single member districts less than four years after they voted in favor of them.

Four years ago, Sarasota County voters decided to elect commissioners through single-member voting. A Tuesday referendum asks voters if they want to return to countywide voting.

The issue of housing affordability was emphasized in a Sarasota County Commission meeting earlier this month.

The additional land will more than double the size of the existing Old Miakka Preserve, which is open to the public for hiking, picnicking and wildlife viewing.

Sarasota County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to move forward with a plan to redistrict local elections on a map that was drawn up by a former head of…

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s planned facility is one step along in the approval process. The Sarasota County Commission has signed off on some of…