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At a Tuesday night meeting, the Venice City Council voted to back a number of statewide efforts to improve the environment. Among them, a resolution to support implementation of a statewide stormwater treatment rule... Read More.

At a Tuesday workshop, the Sarasota County School Board took up a proposal to ban cellphones during the school day. Currently, district policy allows students to bring phones to school, so long as they... Read More.

A new study out from the state health department shows Sarasota County has one of the highest percentages of unvaccinated kindergartners in all of Florida. Despite it being law that students in public schools... Read More.

John Morgan, founder of Morgan & Morgan and the attorney who led a successful effort in 2016 to legalize medical marijuana in Florida, is now taking on the $15 minimum wage. In an announcement... Read More.

The University of South Florida in St. Petersburg is apologizing after hundreds of acceptance emails to prospective students had to be recalled. On Saturday, around 430 emails were sent out to applicants, telling them... Read More.

A Venice woman has died in what police are calling an alcohol-related crash in Sarasota over the weekend. Police say 40-year old Glendy Calderon was driving in the 400 block of Briarwood Road around... Read More.

The Sarasota County School Board is trying to avoid a repeat of 2018, which was filled with contentious battles and inflammatory rhetoric. One of the goals of new board chair Jane Goodwin was to... Read More.

After spending nearly $130,000 on meals during Hurricane Irma, Sarasota County has signed a new catering contract. The county commission approved a three-year deal with a Sarasota-based company to provide meals for those at... Read More.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers have located the woman they said hit a toll booth worker while getting onto the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Brittnie Kenyon of Cape Coral wass the driver. Troopers say workers... Read More.

In honor of the Dr. Martin Luther Jr. holiday, The State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota is sponsoring its 6th annual community MLK Day of Service. The day of service event isn't just happening along... Read More.