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The FAA, Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority , and Florida Department of Transportation have dedicated the new Air Traffic Control Tower at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport . The 128 foot-tall tower is a significant investment in the nation's airport infrastructure and enhances air traffic controllers' ability to provide the safest, most efficient service to flights at the busy Florida airport, the FAA said in a news release.
Dozens of employees with the Florida Legislature, including the spokesman for House Speaker Richard Corcoran, have been working at jobs outside their taxpayer-paid positions.
Sept. 01--The Bradenton Fire Department applied for and received an $847,384 grant in August, paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency through the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response grant program. The funds will pay for the salaries for six new firefighters for the next three years, bringing the city's fire department to personnel levels not seen since prior to the Great Recession.
An elderly Florida couple came to blows while having a heated argument over the presidential race, in which the husband supports Donald Trump and the wife is a Hillary Clinton supporter. Lawrence Littman, 78, was arrested last Wednesday night at his Bradenton home for allegedly hurling his wife, 73-year-old Elvia Littman, to the floor.
Morgan Bettes, a Bradenton, Fla., music promoter, has a small business and doesn't anticipate much help from the government. She's interested in the election, but doesn't see how it'll benefit her very much.