Sarasota and Manatee Counties overwhelmingly voted to renew the millage referendum benefiting local public schools, per data from both counties’ Supervisor of Elections offices. The referendum passed ...

The commissioners-elect will be sworn into office at the City Commission’s statutory meeting scheduled for noon Friday, Nov. 8, at City Hall.

Due to hurricanes Helene and Milton, several Election Day polling locations in Sarasota and Manatee counties have been ...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Sarasota County schools are using new artificial intelligence gun detection technology to increase security.

Culture war issues ratcheted up tensions during the pandemic years, and Florida continues to lead the nation in book removals ...

Republicans swept the races in Sarasota, winning all the state representative seats, hospital board and county commission.

Kathy Kelley Ohlrich ousts first-term incumbent Erik Arroyo in District 3 by a narrow margin. Liz Alpert and Kyle Battie retain their seats at the dais.

Coates, who was first elected as Sarasota County Tax Collector in 1984, has been defeated by Mike Moran in a close election ...

Commissioner Erik Arroyo, the board’s only Republican and the District 3 representative, lost his reelection bid to the ...

Republican candidate, former Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight wins District 3 race agains independent Shari Thornton ...

Incumbent Republican Sarasota State Rep. Fiona McFarland handily won her third two-year term in the Florida House Tuesday.

Who are the Sarasota-Manatee winners and losers in Tuesday's general election? Voter cast ballots with their picks in local, ...