MIAMI — Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Florida ...

Stone Engraving of the Declaration of Independence. Credit: National Archives.Editor’s note: With all the political division confronting Americans these days, we at the Phoenix thought it right to ...

Manatee County Commissioner Tal Siddique joins Mitch and Dawn to discuss issues in District 3 as well as the county at large, ...

A new Florida law impacting first-time learner license holders under the age of 18 goes into effect this summer. While the ...

It's budget season in Manatee County—and The Big Picture Manatee team is here to help you make sense of the numbers that ...

As we prepare to celebrate our nation's 249th birthday, 76% of Americans say democracy is under serious threat, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. The poll comes as the Trump administration ...

Daniel Ramon Waldschmidt Jr. October 24, 1974 - June 24, 2025 Bradenton, Florida - Daniel Ramon Waldschmidt Jr., of Bradenton, Florida died on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in ...

July 29, 1932 - June 23, 2025 Bradenton, Florida - Marian (Fehrenbacher) Leaman passed away peacefully on June 23rd, 2025, at her home at Freedom Village in Bradenton, Florida at the age of 92. Marian ...

June 21, 1947 – June 25, 2025 Ronald Leo Russell, 77, of Bradenton, FL, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, with his loving wife, Beth, by his side. "Ron" was born and ...