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This coming Wednesday, 4/15 on Peace & Justice at 9am, my guests will be Arlene Sweeting and Dave Beaton, the founders of WSLR and Fogartyville! Listen for the full hour and learn about our history.

What if we have it all wrong? We accept unemployment, inflation, low wages, lack of access to healthcare and education, periodic recessions, ecological collapse, food insecurity and endless wars as inevitable. The underlying belief in a market driven system is the bedrock of our economy. We’ve handed our lives and resources over to a mechanism […]

County commission puts referendum on the November ballot.

Rising public funding for private schools, shrinking enrollment, inflation, and end of COVID dollars lead to hard choices.

DOGE is gone. But the ‘Hands off our Social Security’ organizer says he has no plans of stopping.

WSLR News reporter Gretchen Cochran hears mostly skepticism – and a bit of enthusiasm.

The documentary celebrates a Palmetto tradition and a hometown hero. It premieres Saturday at the Sarasota Film Festival. 

Superintendent Terry Connor and district staff gave the school board an update this Tuesday.

On Monday, the City of Sarasota Commission will get an update on the 1st Street workforce housing project. Tuesday, the Sarasota County Commission will consider extending its environmental lands purchasing program, and the Sarasota School superintendent will give the board an update on the district’s substantial school makeover. The Manatee County Commission will discuss immigration status checks by non-profits.

Coming up this Sunday: Dawn Kitterman and Mitch Maley touch on Trump’s rumored plan to pull out of NATO and more.


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