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Despite concerns from Cleetus McFarland with the Freedom Factory Racetrack, residents of Panther Ridge and racing fans, the Taylor Ranch Development will move forward.

The Fort Hamer Road extension gives gives motorists a new way to drive from U.S. 301 to Moccasin Wallow Road.

Some residents say the commissioners should leave the evaluation of materials to the professionals they hired to run the system.

County commissioners say that residents will have their say before plans for road projects are approved.

Manatee County is doing research on a possible reclaimed water partnership with the city of Bradenton.

Builders can now have completed homes in stock to serve the area’s growth.

Officials expressed an appetite to push back against a "woke agenda" as they prepare to open the new library in Lakewood Ranch this year.

Trash haulers are operating at a loss with twice-weekly collections, and county commissioners expressed concerns around the possibility of overburdening certain residents with rate increases.

The proposal would have invited a third party firm to exonerate Teitelbaum or find him definitively guilty of the claims.

The majority of commissioners agreed that Mitchell Teitelbaum's employment with the county would not be pursued and called for improvements to the handling of complaints.