Commissioners voted 3-2 to abandon the waterfront purchase rather than assume potentially costly risks tied to a decades-old ...

Heidi Brandt will succeed Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, keeping one conservative voice on the Sarasota School ...

Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto governments face projected revenue losses of $1.6 billion over five years. Officials now must ...

After a marathon six-hour DeSoto County commission meeting Tuesday, an application to rezone roughly 238 acres to accommodate ...

A proposal before the DeSoto County Commission to rezone hundreds of acres for a complex of data centers failed on Wednesday ...

A dispute over control of the proposed center has divided Sarasota City Commission candidates, while funding concerns ...

A proposed federal rule could strip protections from Florida wetlands, raising concerns about development, water quality and ...

The last time Sarasota County built an addition to its jail, the United States was gearing up for an impending invasion of Iraq. That was 2002, under Sheriff William Balkwill, when the jail’s North ...

The move follows years of financial struggles, controversial parking changes and growing frustration among downtown Sarasota business owners.

Last month, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier publicly accused a Pine View history teacher of labeling a student a ...

After commissioners rejected a 175-unit project, a new developer proposed 643 apartments on the same site under a state law that bypasses public hearings.