Author: WSLR News

And now it’s your turn. Get up and shake up the world. Here’s Marc Birnback with a few leads for you to get involved next week.

On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a controversial measure that directs Florida transportation officials to determine if a slightly radioactive waste byproduct from the fertilizer industry could be used in building roads.

Permitless carry is upon us. Starting Saturday, July 1st, Floridians will be able to carry a concealed gun without a permit or required training. What will change? Ramon Lopez talked to cops and gun store owners to understand how the new law will work in comparison to previous concealed carry regulations.

Stephanie J. Woods is a rising star of southern art, thanks to her photography, videos and sculptures. This African American artist was born and grew up in the Carolinas, and she now teaches interdisciplinary art at the University of New Mexico.

When Governor Ron DeSantis signed the anti immigrant Senate Bill 1718 into law, a first wave of backlash hit the state. On June 1, thousands marched and protested, truckers refused to haul goods from and to Florida, and dozens of immigrant-owned businesses shut down to show Florida what it’s like to live through a day without migrants.

In December, local artist John Sims passed away surprisingly, at the young age of 54. An African American who grew up in Detroit and a mathematician by training, Sims made ripples with his reinterpretation of flags. Unforgotten is his “Proper Way to Hang the Confederate Flag”: from a gallows.

Homeowners in the city of Venice who bought from Pat Neal are up in arms. The big developer now wants to build a strip mall anchored by a grocery store on a piece of land that was supposed to be a natural preserve, next to a subdivision he himself built.

In April, the Florida Supreme Court sided with the Sarasota County Property Appraiser in a lawsuit filed by a homeowner who was told to pay tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes after he rented a room above his garage.