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Día de los Muertos vigil honors lives lost in Florida deportation sweep

The peaceful downtown protest was organized by El Pueblo Unido Tampa Bay.

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A meeting between New College President Richard Corcoran and the school's Board of Trustees.

New College’s $44 million USF-SM loan comes due in 2032

The loan terms break Florida State Board of Governors guidelines with a razor thin-margin schedule.

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A long line of campaign signs along a sidewalk. In the background, campaign workers man tents and folding tables.

It’s Election Day, but it’s quiet at one polling station

WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez brings his impressions from the Venice Community Center. By Ramon Lopez Original Air Date: Nov. 3, 2026 Host: You may have gotten the gist by now—it’s Election Day! WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez stopped at one polling station in Sarasota, and here are his impressions.

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Midterm results: Blue wave touches Florida, but misses Sarasota

Amendment 3 passes, raising questions about local finances.

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The Progressive Page Turner: The Future and You

Emma Gilligan is the co-founder of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine and a recipient of the Institute for the Study of Genocide Book Award. She’s studied the extreme violations of human rights that occurred during the war in Chechnya as well as international human rights movements. In her

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Is our Healthcare System Designed to be Inefficient? with Dr J Benjamin Proctor

The American Healthcare System – Inefficient on Purpose with Dr and author J Benjamin Proctor

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Byron Donalds makes election eve Sarasota campaign stop

Senate candidate Ashley Moody, tagging along, used the opportunity to paint her opponent as a radical.

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This Week in Local Government

On Monday, the City of Sarasota Commission will vote on an appeal by the developer of 1260 N. Palm Residences (fka Obsidian). On election day, the New College Board of Trustees will meet to submit to approval by the state a financing deal for its acquisition of the USF Sarasota-Manatee

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