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Episode 349: North Port college grad detained by ICE...

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2025/07/31

We reported about the odyssey of Lulu Martinez. After a wrong U-turn in her hometown of North Port, the recent college graduate ended up in ICE detention in Texas. After weeks there, she decided to self-deport and is now in Mexico. Ramon Lopez reports.

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Episode 348: Suncoast Searchlight: DeSoto's only...

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2025/07/31

Rural DeSoto County is already facing a doctor shortage. But now, the only hospital is facing financial uncertainty—just as Medicaid cuts threaten health care access in rural communities nationwide. Kara Newhouse with Suncoast Searchlight reports on how hospital administrators are weighing their options. To read the full report, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/desoto-county-memorial-rfp-sale-merger-medicaid.

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3:44

Episode 347: Manatee commission pushes back against...

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2025/07/31

It was a busy return for the Manatee County Commission after a month-long recess. The commission took steps to address the state’s opposition to developer pushback. They also addressed a recent inquiry from Tallahassee’s DOGE committee. And the board agreed to the purchase of two properties to be shielded from development. WSLR’s Noah Vinsky has the details.

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Episode 346: Freedom School gets kids engaged in...

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2025/07/26

The Mobile Freedom School and its focus on African-American history is back this summer. Mason Chambless took one class and learned about the history of traffic lights.

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3:22

Episode 345: City of Sarasota distributes trees to...

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2025/07/26

The city is giving away trees. Kiona Wehlage interviewed the City of Sarasota’s chief arborist about the Neighborhood Canopy Program.

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6:45

Episode 344: Tough choices ahead for the City of...

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2025/07/26

Last storm season was difficult for Sarasota residents—but not just regular residents. We spoke with Sarasota City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch about 2024’s historic flooding and her own experience of being flooded. Oscar Moore reports.

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3:24

Episode 343: Culture wars engulf school board as...

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2025/07/25

On Tuesday, dozens of speakers lined up again at a Sarasota School Board meeting, by far most of them speaking out against a change in the school board’s anti-discrimination policy. But even the organizers behind the protest say that this is a distraction from a bigger challenge. Brice Claypoole reports.

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4:46

Episode 342: CEO plans to restore and preserve...

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2025/07/25

The Colson Hotel is one of the oldest landmarks in Sarasota’s Rosemary District. During segregation, it was the first hotel for Black visitors in Sarasota when other doors were closed to them. Over the years, it fell into disrepair and was almost demolished—until local CEO Anand Pallegar and his company DreamLarge, along with the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, bought it to save it. Amaiya-Marie Gaspard reports.

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Episode 341: Protesters target Camp Blanding...

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2025/07/23

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to open a second big detention camp in Florida to concentrate immigrant deportees. WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez was at the site southwest of Jacksonville this weekend, to witness the protest.

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5:41

Episode 340: Suncoast Searchlight: Sarasota pastor...

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2025/07/19

Sarasota pastor Brian Gibbs is friends with Congressman Greg Steube. In his sermons, Gibbs uses harsh anti-queer language, describes his political opponents as demonic, and portrays the country as on the precipice of war. Alice Herman with Suncoast Searchlight brings us this report. You can read it in full at suncoastsearchlight.org/brian-gibbs-sarasota-pastor-spiritual-war.

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Episode 339: Will Florida's pavement art crackdown...

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2025/07/19

The U.S. government threatened, and now the Florida government is following up: Paint over those rainbow crosswalks, or else. Kylee Worth checked whether this will affect Sarasota’s downtown rainbow crosswalk.

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Episode 338: 'Good Trouble' brings change: Bayfront...

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2025/07/19

Thursday was Good Trouble Day, in memory of civil rights icon John Lewis. In Sarasota, it was a group of veterans who made the biggest noise. Mason Chambless has that report.

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Episode 337: FPL wants to bury more power cables in...

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2025/07/19

In a few older City of Sarasota neighborhoods, the utility pole has become a thing of the past. FPL has laid about 10 miles of underground line between 2019 and 2022, which reaches about 1,700 houses. Now, FPL wants to bury a line for an additional 929 Sarasota houses, a project it will present to the Sarasota City Commission on Monday. WSLR reporter Noah Vinsky has the details.

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4:44

Episode 336: DeSantis seeks to repurpose National...

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2025/07/19

WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez is headed to Camp Blanding near Jacksonville this weekend. That National Guard training ground is where the governor wants to open a second big camp in the state to concentrate immigrant detainees. Lopez brings us the details of this project.

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Episode 335: Suncoast Searchlight: Illegal gambling...

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2025/07/17

A joint investigation by Suncoast Searchlight and the Bradenton Herald found that about 20 businesses in Sarasota and Manatee offer gambling, using a variety of loopholes. Josh Salman reports.

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Episode 334: Sarasota-Bradenton International...

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2025/07/17

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will have a new director, come October—the first new boss in 31 years. Johannes Werner reports.

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Episode 333: New College presents updated campus...

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2025/07/17

New College of Florida in Sarasota held a public meeting Tuesday to get feedback for its updated 10-year campus master plan. Reece Helmick reports.

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Episode 332: Floridians may lose insurance as Trump's...

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2025/07/17

The federal budget bill signed July 4 by President Donald Trump shrinks Medicaid enrollment and cuts Obamacare subsidies. That means millions of Floridians stand to lose health insurance. Reece Helmick reports.

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Episode 331: Upcoming protest and vigil honor Tampa...

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2025/07/17

Saif Musallet was killed while visiting family in the West Bank. The 20-year old U.S. citizen grew up in Port Charlotte and ran an ice cream shop in Tampa’s Temple Terrace. Community organizers are preparing a protest in Tampa on Friday and a vigil on Saturday, and Johannes Werner talked to them.

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Episode 330: North Port city commission explores...

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2025/07/12

In May, North Port voters rejected five special election questions, leaving the city unable to borrow to fund the construction of needed facilities. Voters also said “no” to allowing North Port to borrow after emergencies. That puts Sarasota County’s largest city is in a tight spot. This week, the North Port commission pondered the city’s financial options. Noah Vinsky followed the commission meeting on Tuesday.

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