Gov. Ron DeSantis released his proposed 2019-2020 state budget earlier today. The 91.3 billion dollar spending plan is more than two percent higher than the current state budget.

Sarasota County officials are considering organizing a water quality summit. Commissioners told the Herald-Tribune the event would also serve as an opportunity to highlight steps the county has taken to ensure clean water and... Read More.

For the first time in more than a year, red tide levels across the state was spotted at “not present” to “background” concentrations. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission tested more than 100... Read More.

Officials with the Sarasota County teachers’ union are fighting against a proposed extension for Superintendent Todd Bowden. Union head Barry Dubin Thursday called the proposal "a move to help strip employee rights and job... Read More.

A Florida Keys man is under arrest after authorities say he pushed his girlfriend off a balcony.Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said the 22-year-old woman fell from a 13-foot high balcony Wednesday... Read More.

A new era in the Medicaid program will begin Friday when the state eliminates a long-standing policy about paying health-care bills that accumulate while people prepare to apply for coverage. What's not clear, though,... Read More.

The Florida Commission on Ethics released documents Wednesday supporting the panel's unanimous finding of probable cause that Andrew Gillum, last year's Democratic nominee for governor and a former Tallahassee mayor, violated ethics laws with... Read More.

An ethics complaint has been filed against North Port Mayor Chris Hanks. Hanks failed to recuse himself from a December vote that allowed Rich Suggs to propose a partially city-subsidized private economic development organization.... Read More.