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 ...

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland ...

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 ...

Will Robinson The Florida House D71 race will see Democrat Adriaan DeVilliers challenge incumbent Republican Will Robinson. When Rep. Robinson was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in ...

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 ...

Philip A. Derick of Holmes Beach, Florida passed away on June 4th, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Troy, New York he was the son of the late Arnold R. Derick and Marjorie MacGregor Derick. He was ...

Mystical Visions is a female-fronted pop/rock cover band, organically grown in Sarasota Florida! Serving up pop favorites ...