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On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss constitutional officer budgets, arts grants, budgets for Phillippi Creek and Hudson Bayou dredging, and funding for Sheriff’s Office headquarter expansion and for a site of the Clerks Records Office. 

The world’s biggest vacation rental company is helping the GOP frontrunner in Florida’s gubernatorial race.

‘They understand…what we’re doing and why we do it’, says owner James Peel.

Sarasota’s safety net providers adjust to federal homelessness strategy shift.

Oysters, among nature’s best water filters, once thrived in the region.

A veterinary technician shares what threats sea turtles face and what Mote Marine does to help.

The self-described Teddy Roosevelt-style Republican is running an insurgent grassroots campaign.

As the Tropical Smoothie owner rebuilds, he reflects on the suicide of a 19-year old fellow detainee.

It must absorb a 40% cut in state funding – and a neighboring campus. Also, spending on salaries and administration has mushroomed.