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Episode 289: Community condemns detainment and...

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2025/06/12

Lulu Martinez is a recent college graduate—with honors. She was arrested after making a wrong U-turn in North Port and is now at an ICE detention center in Texas. Ramon Lopez reports about a press conference organized by Lulu’s family—and the fallout they got from going public.

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Episode 288: Suncoast Searchlight: DeSoto farmers...

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2025/06/07

Soaring egg prices changed the outcome of the last presidential elections, it could be argued. A family farm in DeSoto County seems to have found the right answer to the main cause of those soaring egg prices. Isaac Eger with Suncoast Searchlight reports.

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4:24

Episode 287: Manatee County raises new development...

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2025/06/07

A simmering conflict in Manatee County for control over suburban development—and who pays for the infrastructure needs it triggers—seems to be headed towards outright war. At a land-use meeting Thursday, the county commissioners ignored threats by developers and state agencies and made a unanimous vote. WSLR reporter Noah Vinsky has more on that.

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6:59

Episode 286: What to know heading into hurricane...

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2025/06/07

The 2025 hurricane season officially began last weekend. Local emergency management officials are urging residents to be prepared, and Ramon Lopez listened.

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5:00

Episode 285: Sarasota County Commission proposes new...

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2025/06/07

At their meeting on Tuesday, the Sarasota County Commissioners instructed the county administrator to show them what it would take to create a new county department for stormwater management. That message is having quite the impact on constituents. Johannes Werner has this story.

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Episode 284: Suncoast Searchlight: Former New College...

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2025/06/07

Two former top finance officers at the New College Foundation say they were ousted in 2023 after pushing back against college administrators. The two alleged that administrators sought to use donor-restricted funds to cover President Richard Corcoran’s salary and benefits—a move that would violate the terms of the donations. Alice Herman with Suncoast Searchlight reports.

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5:51

Episode 283: NOAA's Hurricane Hunters prepare for...

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2025/06/05

The 2025 storm season officially began last weekend, and our reporter Ramon Lopez caught up with hurricane hunters. They talked about more than the weather—the DOGE chainsaw also reached NOAA, the federal agency that tracks hurricanes.

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7:37

Episode 282: FPL requests largest base rate hike in...

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2025/06/05

Florida Power & Light has asked state regulators to give it what would be the by far biggest electricity base rate hike ever in Florida’s history. It could even be the largest in U.S. history, adding an average $200 to your annual power bill on a permanent basis. That request comes on the back of a $1.2 billion recovery charge for repairs after last year’s storms that has already added around $150 to your annual power bill. A coalition of economic and climate justice grassroots

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4:00

Episode 281: Manatee County Commissioner proposes...

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2025/06/05

Home prices on the Suncoast are dropping at the fastest rate since the 2007 crash, and the time homes for sale are on the market before they get sold is at record levels. In other words: The next real estate crisis is here. But when a Manatee County Commissioner requested a discussion and possible motion on a temporary freeze for county hiring at the meeting Tuesday, it was less about the real estate crisis than about the last two letters in DOGE: government efficiency. Johannes Werner

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3:30

Episode 280: DeSantis proposes property tax cuts....

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2025/06/05

On Tuesday, the Florida legislature reconvened in Tallahassee. The reason the all-Republican government has to go into overtime: The governor and senate want to cut property taxes, the house wants to cut sales taxes, which are mutually exclusive proposals. Noah Vinsky has a close look at the effects of property tax cuts.

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Episode 279: Neunder-led county commission eschews...

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2025/05/31

During his last two years as Sarasota County commissioner, then-Chair Mike Moran undertook a one-man crusade to remake the county’s funding process for childcare, mental health, homeless, and other social services. Voting along with Moran throughout his crusade was then-rookie county commissioner Joe Neunder. Now, a few months after Neunder took over the gavel from Moran, it took the new chair just one meeting last week to exorcise the spirit of his predecessor. Johannes Werner reports.

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Episode 278: Bradenton moves to revamp water,...

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2025/05/31

When it comes to sewage spills, Bradenton has been the worst offender in the region. Now that the city has outsourced its wastewater management, it is trying to get a sense of what all of this will cost. Noah Vinsky has the details.

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Episode 277: Is Sarasota ready for 2025's hurricane...

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2025/05/31

Sarasota residents who were flooded last year are putting pressure on the county commissiom. That, in turn, resulted in a couple of floodwater management workshops. Ramon Lopez has more on how ready the county is for the 2025 hurricane season.

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Episode 276: County commission denies special...

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2025/05/29

Amid the devastation that will come with big new development, Sarasota County’s oldest rural community celebrated a small victory. Ramon Lopez has this story.

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Episode 275: Statewide funding cuts may prevent...

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2025/05/29

Between the Trump administration’s shrinking and possibly dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and state funding for public schools shifting towards private schools under Florida’s new voucher program, there will likely be cuts to local education programs. Now, in addition, two new Florida bills are targeting college-readiness funding. WSLR News reporter Tamara Solum talked to two local school board members.

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Episode 274: New College has a student retention problem

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2025/05/29

More than two years after the takeover by the governor, New College of Florida for the first time recognized it has a retention problem. At a special board meeting, the new provost presented to the trustees the accountability report the honors college will provide to the state panel that oversees public universities. As even faculty and staff have been grumbling about the lack of enrollment and retention numbers, this was a rare opportunity to get some clarity. Johannes Werner reports.

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Episode 273: Committee's stance: Out with the Van...

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2025/05/29

The originator of keepthevanwezel.com submitted 3,000 signatures. But at its meeting on Tuesday, the panel that will make recommendations to the City of Sarasota—the owner of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall—moved into the opposite direction. Johannes Werner has the details.

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Episode 1: Talk of the Town #1 ~ (5-24-2025)

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2025/05/24

Live from Fogartyville! Be part of the audience for the inaugural “Talk of the Town,” a WSLR News roundtable hosted by journalist and author Carrie Seidman.The panel-style weekly program features politicians, activists, academics, policy analysts and investigative journalists, who join Seidman for a deep dive into the local issues of the day.It’s an hour of analysis and debate with a dash of humor broadcast on WSLR and livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook.For the May 24 program, Seidman

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Episode 272: Suncoast Searchlight: NOAA cuts could...

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2025/05/24

Sweeping cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could imperil Florida’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry and coastal economy—a dire prospect for a region built on tourism, seafood and the health of its waters. Alice Herman with Suncoast Searchlight reports. For the full article, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/noaa-cuts-florida-fishing-economy-red-tide.

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Episode 271: Virtual or in-person? County commission...

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2025/05/24

Before they get the go-ahead, developers have to present their projects to neighbors in community workshops. During the pandemic, these workshops shifted online, but now, after criticism by activists, Sarasota County Commissioners seem to want them to return to an in-person format—at least in part, as Ramon Lopez reports.

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