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Posted Monday, April 14, 2025 4:48 pm Manatee County is still grappling with the fallout from major development decisions made in April 2024.

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OMB Director Russ Vought testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 15, 2025. (Screenshot from committee webcast)WASHINGTON — A nonprofit organization filed suit against the Trump administration on Monday, alleging its decision to stop posting budget documents in late March violates federal law.

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Casey DeSantis and Ron DeSantis speaking in Tampa on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)On the eve of another Florida House hearing on the workings of Hope Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday accused House Republicans of working with the “liberal media” in a smear campaign against First Lady Casey DeSantis and the Hope Florida Foundation.

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Senate President Ben Alb ritton (L) and House Speaker Danny Perez (R) are ready for the start of the 2025 Session. (Photos via the Legislature; Capitol photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix.)Senate President Ben Albritton laid out a $2.1 billion tax relief bill (SB 7034) Monday that, if passed by the Legislature, would direct Florida’s top government economists to delve into the financial implications of permanently reducing property taxes.

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House April 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele won’t return a Maryland man the United States erroneously deported to a mega-prison in his Central American country, he said Monday during a visit to the Oval Office.