Podcast

A City of North Port Commission hearing doesn’t give the impression.

But teachers’ unions are energized.

Public input has been minimal; Newtown residents object.

Stepped-up policing curbs violence, the police chief says. But a mother is worried.

The developer-friendly county commission hikes impact fees by 50%.

Neighbors in Newtown did not want it, nor did local governments. So the lynching marker is at a church now.

But the ultimate decision may be in the state’s hands.

New ordinances give more clarity to business owners, but neighbors fear more noise.

Staffer says that the main factor, for now, is families leaving the county — not private-school vouchers.