Manatee County commissioners will discuss a potential new vacation rental ordinance this year to address registration and ...

Every city and municipality in Manatee County has an ordinance to address (short-term rentals), from some of the most strict in Longboat and Anna Maria Island to the city of Bradenton's — which ...

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Visitors snug in Manatee County beds netted $1.87 million in tourist development tax revenues in December 2024. The Manatee County Tax Collector’s office ...

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County commissioners at the 11th hour agreed to pursue a possible ordinance for short-term vacation rentals. Commissioner Tal Siddique of District 3, ...

Visit Florida is again hoping a British television personality will help its efforts to return to pre-pandemic levels of tourism from overseas. Last year, the state tourism-marketing agency worked ...

David Lauderdale writes that a new chair and vice chair can restore trust and end a chapter of secrecy, ineptness, corruption and backroom power plays.

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