Podcast

On Tuesday, Sarasota County Commissioners will announce whether they picked the McCown Towers and Cocoanut Avenue affordable housing projects for funding. On Thursday, the Manatee County Planning Commission will discuss substantial changes requested by Mosaic Corp. for its Four Corners Mine operations.

Coming up this Sunday: Jan Schneider joins Mitch Maley to talk Venezuela and more.

SPAC boosters say the new proposal is less costly and gives the historic ‘Purple Cow’ a more important role.

9 a.m. on January 8: Liz Barker joins Cathy Antunes to discuss the recent state audit of Florida’s universal voucher program.

Some celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s removal. Luis Velásquez is not among them.

On Tuesday, the superintendent updated board members on $40 million plans for Booker Elementary and Middle, and more.

Community activists hope the financial literacy center will become an attraction and reverse enrollment decline.

The city planning commission votes unanimously to recommend approval of a Home Depot site plan. Critics focus on traffic.

Existing McCown Towers residents oppose it, but the neighborhood association wants public parking.

On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss 2026 transportation project priorities. On Tuesday, Tal Siddique will chair his first meeting of the Manatee County Commission and deliver the ‘State of the Chair’ presentation. The Sarasota school superintendent will update board members on the ‘Future Focused Initiative’.