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Before the call comes in: Designate a ‘Water Watcher’

May 27, 2026 – Rodney Kwiatkowski
October 6, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Manatee County among plaintiffs in suit against state officials

Manatee County among plaintiffs in suit against state officials

LEON COUNTY – Manatee County is among several municipal plaintiffs filing suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from a controversial hurricane recovery-related state law enacted earlier this…
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September 9, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Manatee County joining SB 180 legal challenge

Manatee County joining SB 180 legal challenge

MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County is joining a soon to be filed lawsuit that will challenge the new state law created by the Florida Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis’s adoption and enactment of Senate…
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August 19, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
TDC supports $750,000 ferry funding request

TDC supports $750,000 ferry funding request

ANNA MARIA – The Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC) recommends county commission approval to spend up to $750,000 in tourist development tax revenues for capital improvements for the co…
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August 5, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Florida DOGE auditing Manatee County

Florida DOGE auditing Manatee County

MANATEE COUNTY – The Florida Department of Government Ef­ficiency (DOGE) is auditing Manatee County’s finances. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the audit during his July 24 visit to Bra­denton, during w…
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July 29, 2025
By Sun staff
Holmes Beach man accused of attempted murder

Holmes Beach man arrested for attempted murder

HOLMES BEACH – Douglas Scott Naeher, 60, was ar­rested on July 21 on felony charges of attempted murder and domestic battery as a result of a July 20 incident with his wife, Stephanie Naeher. The Ma…
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March 10, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Hurricanes hit tourist development tax revenues

Hurricanes hit tourist development tax revenues

BRADENTON – Featuring two new members and a new chairperson, the reconfigured Manatee County Tourist Development Council (TDC) recently met for the first time this year. On Feb. 24, the council welc…
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February 18, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
County commissioner addresses building permit delays

County commissioner addresses building permit delays

HOLMES BEACH – The Manatee County Development Services department has received more than 11,000 building permit applications in recent months, many of them hurricane-related. The ongoing delays in o…
January 15, 2025
By Joe Hendricks
Farrington sworn in as elections supervisor

Farrington sworn in as elections supervisor

MANATEE COUNTY – Scott Farrington has been sworn in as Manatee County’s new supervisor of elections. On Jan. 7, Clerk of the Court Angelina Colonneso swore Farrington in with his wife, Amy, and hi…
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November 5, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Manatee County Election Results

Kruse, Siddique, Felts, McCann win Manatee County commission races

MANATEE COUNTY – Republican candidate Tal Siddique won the District 3 Manatee County Commission seat, defeating Democratic candidate Diana Shoemaker. Incumbent Republican candidate George Kruse wo…
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October 20, 2024
By Joe Hendricks
Elections Office adapting to hurricane impacts; AMI polling locations changed

Elections Office adapting to hurricane impacts; AMI polling locations changed

MANATEE COUNTY – The Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office is taking steps to minimize the impacts back-to-back hurricanes have on the general election that concludes Nov. 5, with vote-by-mai…
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April 9, 2025
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