The Planning Commission also approved the site plan for a proposed 130-room Hyatt Studios Venice hotel at Plaza Venezia, across Pinebrook Road from Sarasota Memorial Hospital–Venice.

Will the Ad Hoc Van Wezel Purple Ribbon Committee and the Sarasota City Commission be guided by data, science and facts – or will we become bogged down and paralyzed by indecision and the influence of ...

Residents discovered a memo from the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers that appears to show Sarasota County could get around ...

Florida follows Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico “Gulf of America,” requiring updates to maps, schools and state documents.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Ben Quartermaine has been selected as the county’s director of the newly structured Stormwater ...

Moran was formerly a Sarasota County Commissioner. Term-limited from seeking re-election last year to the County Commission, he challenged longtime incumbent Barbara Ford-Coates, who had been in ...

No matter how you slice the numbers, Sarasota County has a deep shortage of affordable housing. And it’s getting deeper. Tony Ochoa, of Strong Roofing, works at a home in Sarasota Springs in ...

Florida has 6% more A-rated schools under its own metrics, the governor announced Monday.  The 2024-2025 school grades show ...

Some County Commissioners said there is other funding for affordable housing. “We just received $709 million of HUD money,” said Chris Boles, Hillsborough County Commissioner.