Peace & Justice Wednesday April 16 at 9: Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? This Wednesday at 9am on the Peace & Justice Report, Tom will talk to Betsy Leondar-Wright, co-author of Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Her book is a study of how red and blue white people disagree, and offers a better method of making judgement calls. Read Article »
This Saturday, Women will march in downtown Sarasota Two days before Trump 2.0, it’s about demonstrating strength in numbers. Read Article »
Forum, play put spotlight on the lived experience of immigrants With Trump’s inauguration around the corner, Florida Studio Theatre had a panel of immigrants tell their stories. Read Article »
New Manatee County Commission chair takes his priorities on a test run George Kruse opposes use of land preservation funds to buy equipment. Read Article »
Feds pump another $460 million into Sarasota and Manatee for storm recovery A good part of the HUD block grants are supposed to help with repairs by uninsured homeowners. Read Article »
First fully bilingual school in Southwest Florida seeks to grow Dreamers Academy wants to add middle school students, expand its Newtown campus. Read Article »
This Week in Local Government On Wednesday, the Sarasota County Commission will discuss the request by a grassroots group to turn an area in suburban Venice into a protected “rural heritage district”. On Friday, the Sarasota School Board will meet with county and cities to discuss future school construction. Read Article »
Newtown Makes Plans for MLK Day WSLR’s Ishmael Katz talks to an organizer of the Jan. 17-20 festivities. Read Article »
Sarasota sticks to ‘naked David’ New logos developed – but rejected by City of Sarasota commissioners. Read Article »
Why new roundabouts are slow coming to Sarasota City commission puts two North Trail projects back on wish list. Read Article »
Controversial development in Venice takes big step toward groundbreaking Pat Neal’s desire to build a shopping mall in wetlands reshaped city elections. Read Article »
New Manatee County Commission chair outlines his priorities Meanwhile, George Kruse’s unsuccessful challenger sues the creators of a political cartoon and a local newspaper. Read Article »
Billy Cox talks about UFOs on Peace & Justice Wednesday 9am This Wednesday, January 8 at 9am, BILLY COX, Substack blogger and former Herald-Tribune reporter, will talk about his research and Read Article »