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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Budget crunch also prompts other proposals: higher athletic fees and charging more for community use of school space.
Report examines local lawmakers’ voting records on state preemption.
Sunday, July 12, 2026
On Tuesday, the budget-pressed Sarasota School Board will discuss raising revenues, and the City of Sarasota Historic Preservation Board will get an update on the appeal to a luxury developer’s plan to tear down US Garage.
Saturday, July 11, 2026
The gerrymandered District 16 now includes Manatee, DeSoto, Hardee and parts of Polk, Sarasota and – most importantly – Pinellas County.
The ‘DC outsider’ is up against Sydney Gruters and Eddie Speir in the Republican primary.
The former Sarasota city commissioner and mayor is one of five Democrats running in the August primary.
In Mitch Maley’s satirical whodunit, the lines between Mullet County and Manatee County blur.
He can drive it on Florida roads, but the heavy machine gun is not operable.
Coming up this Sunday: Dawn Kitterman and Mitch Maley are joined by Chantal Wilford and then by Jonathan Mullis to talk about their campaigns.
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Sarasota joins at least 15 Florida counties pursuing moratoriums.
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