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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.

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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.

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This Week in Local Government

On Wednesday, City of Sarasota planners will weigh a site plan for a townhome complex near the airport; on Thursday, the Manatee County Planning Commission discusses the 3,200-home Villages of Amazon project in Parrish.

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This Week in Local Government

On Monday, the Sarasota City Commission will discuss the Marian Anderson brownfield site in Newtown and a downscaled Bobby Jones golf course clubhouse. On Tuesday, the school police chief will update the Sarasota School Board on safety and security, possibly explaining the new ICE resolution, and a task force for the teaching of African American history will address the school board.

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