Sarasota County

Four years ago, Sarasota County voters decided to elect commissioners through single-member voting. A Tuesday referendum asks voters if they want to return to countywide voting.

The service would aim to decrease traffic going on and off Anna Maria Island.

A cohort of local government workers, University of South Florida students, Audubon Florida representatives and ICLEI trainers will be tracking greenhouse gases this spring semester.

The ACLU says the county's driver's license suspensions have been disproportionately affecting people who are living in poverty

The incorporation bill first needed support from the local delegation to advance to the full Legislature where Governor Ron DeSantis would have to authorize a vote.

Using massive amounts of anonymous public data, New College's Applied Data Science students are working with Community Foundation of Sarasota County to build a tool to help decision-makers find out what the community needs.

Hundreds of Siesta Key residents attended a recent town hall meeting, hosted by the local delegation, to discuss the incorporation of the island.

The issue of housing affordability was emphasized in a Sarasota County Commission meeting earlier this month.

Karenia Brevis, the tiny organism responsible for red tide, feeds on chemicals like nitrogen and phosphorus. Those nutrients make their way into coastal waters from stormwater runoff that often flows out of retention ponds.

Sarasota County is the latest district to announce that masks will be optional for faculty and students in the 2021-2022 school year.

Teams from Manatee County surveying damage found minor flooding along the Myakka River and the barrier islands, where some turtle nests were affected.

Only about 1 percent of people vaccinated in Sarasota County are Black. Advocates say the distribution process puts underserved communities at a disadvantage. They're fighting to change that.