The state denies it has violated the federal law and says it has taken steps to lessen pollution in the Indian River Lagoon.

Manatee County leaders are set to debate whether the county should end its decades-long practice of adding fluoride to drinking water this week. An ordinance that is up for a vote at a board meeting ...

Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered ...

Orlando-based Judge Carlos Mendoza said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of ...

A judge ruled that Florida violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing wastewater discharges into the Indian River Lagoon ...

Home values in Sarasota and Manatee counties are falling faster than almost anywhere else in the country, signaling a sharp ...

A wildlife advocacy group has won a landmark manatee protection case, forcing Florida to scrutinize sewage problems in the northern Indian River Lagoon ...

The advocacy group Bear Warriors United said this ruling sets a new national precedent: “No state agency is above the ...

Following up on a suspension of the Manatee Republican Executive Committee last year, the Florida GOP has hand-selected a new Manatee REC board.

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...

Spending time in nature can lead to “improved health, quality of life, and well-being” in older people, according to the ...

Nitrogen and phosphorous from septic tanks and fertilizer spawn the growth of algae in Kings Bay, the second largest ...