Peace & Justice this Wednesday: The Treaty of Esquipulas This Wednesday, January 22 at 9am, we’ll hear State College of Florida Professor Philip Travis talk about when a country Read Article »
Supervising Sarasota’s Elections Gretchen Cochran has a peek under the hood of our local elections machine. Read Article »
Moran Beats Ford-Coates Sarasota County votes out its last Democrat. Now the spotlight is on Moran’s business dealings. Read Article »
Sarasota Picks New City Commissioner Kathy Kelley Ohlrich is in, Erik Arroyo is out. And that may tip the commission’s balance. Read Article »
Republicans Win Big in Florida GOP candidates sweep Miami-Dade and – no surprise – Sarasota County. But one Florida metro area bucks the trend. Read Article »
This Week in Local Government On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss handing over Cross Street in downtown to a commercial developer, and a rezone that would allow Southgate Mall to be turned into a mixed-use project. Read Article »
Floodplain Expert Challenges Buchanan Jr. Simpson hopes for Kamala effect, turnout, flooded Florida House District 74 voters. Read Article »
Self-Described ‘Moderate’ Hopes to Unseat Greg Steube Manny Lopez lashes out at Sarasota Congressman over FEMA funding, touts plans for Social Security and cheaper meds. Read Article »
Sarasotans Satisfied, Says Satisfaction Survey For the fifth year, overdevelopment tops the list of concerns. Four out of five say they worry about money. Read Article »
Hurricanes Devastate Mobile Home Parks, Knock Out at Least Two Our reporter spoke to a resident about her own future, and that of this affordable-housing option. Read Article »
Who’s the Next “Big Mama”? Hungry for community: After storm delay, Collard Green Festival names the best cook. Read Article »
NASA helps Sarasota identify hot spots Rising heat is among the topics of a hands-on sustainability workshop next week, and two NASA experts will be there to talk about their findings. Read Article »
Rebuilding after the Storms, Part 1 The first of our three-part series looks at how the state government frames the tough choices of flooded property owners. Read Article »