The Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency has hit Polk County and its 17 municipalities, with a demand to provide ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared in Bradenton to announce the state’s upcoming audit into Manatee County Government’s “expanding” ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis says even more local government audits are coming after announcing a third audit in Manatee County.

Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Bradenton Thursday to address the state's fiscal budget, which he signed in ...

A 27-year-old woman was briefly dragged underwater in a Martin County river when an alligator attacked her, biting her hand ...

Manatee County’s property-tax revenue has increased 86% in the past six years while the population was up 14%.

Mayor Harvey Ward said Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia's claims that the city is raising its budget by $90 ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Manatee County is on deck for DOGE audit as cuts to government spending reach the ...

In a July 11 letter directed to "County and Town Managers," Florida DOGE asked for an " enormous data set" for four years ...

The announcement comes two days after they announced DOGE efforts in areas like Gainesville and Broward County.

A University of North Florida poll found state Republicans overwhelmingly support the Alligator Alcatraz detention center.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd warned that the state's detention centers couldn't handle the amount of immigration-related ...