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WSLR’s Local News airs every Wednesday and Friday at 6pm. We broadcast a Week in Review edition on Saturdays at 12pm.  Learn more about our News Team here.

We also publish a quarterly newspaper – the Critical Times –  in January, April, July, and October.  Visit the Archives to review past editions.  If you are interested in submitting an article for publication, you can See our submission guidelines here.

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WSLR News presented the 2024 Public Newsroom Series forums featuring journalists, academics, attorneys, and subject experts. The series sought to  build our local news ecosystem and investigate ways for community members to strengthen our democracy by participating in news production themselves.

See Full Videos from the Public Newsroom Series

Peace & Justice Report – This Wednesday Tom will talk to Katie Sanders, Editor-in-Chief of the fact the fact-checking website PolitiFact. Then he’ll talk to two Libertarians, Mark Edgington and Angela McArdle, about prison reform.

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This Week in Local Government

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.

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