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Episode 250: Rep. Max Frost talks trends in state...

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2025/05/08

At just 25 years old, Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Orlando was the youngest representative ever when he was first elected to Congress in 2022. Now, after his re-election by a comfortable margin of 62% last fall, he is touring the country. Ahead of his visit to Sarasota this Saturday, WSLR News reporter Tamara Solum talked to him.

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8:19

Episode 249: Old School Catalyst: New College to shut...

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2025/05/08

Affordable quality child care is rare in this area. Many employers scrambling for workers are moving towards offering child care among their benefits, but New College seems to be headed in the opposite direction. After nearly two decades of caring for the children of faculty, staff and students, as well as neighbors, the New College Child Center will be expelled from campus. Old School Catalyst reporters Andy Trinh and Florence Fahringer dove into the child care center’s past, present and

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5:22

Episode 248: Suncoast Searchlight: Sarasota City...

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2025/05/08

A former Sarasota City commissioner asked the city to reimburse more than $10,000 in legal fees, and four of the five sitting commissioners approved his request on Monday. Erik Arroyo spent that money fighting ethics complaints that had not previously been reported. Derek Gilliam with Suncoast Searchlight has the details. To read the full report, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/sarasota-commissioners-approve-arroyos-legal-fees-ethics.

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5:38

Episode 247: Here's to You: Celebrating the life of...

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2025/05/03

Synia Carroll passed away in March. Ramon Lopez watched and listened at the jazz musician’s recent memorial service.

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6:09

Episode 246: Suncoast Searchlight: Former New College...

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2025/05/03

How did Fred Piccolo Jr. avoid arrest and then get hired by a public university for a high-profile job? Suncoast Searchlight reporter Alice Herman offers more details. To read the full article produced by Suncoast Searchlight and the Florida Trident, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/piccolo-new-college-delayed-arrest-avoided-jail-sheriff.

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7:03

Episode 245: Climate change may mean it's curtains...

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2025/05/02

The City of Sarasota’s Purple Ribbon Committee has been charged with making recommendations about what to do with the city-owned Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Very visible thanks to its purple color, the more than half-century old landmark sits on a mound on the Sarasota bayshore, and—in a reminder of its vulnerability—the basement of the building was flooded last year. This week, climatologist Bob Bunting presented his report on the impacts of climate change on the Van Wezel. Johannes

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2:11

Episode 244: May Day will bring anti-Trump protestors...

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2025/05/01

In the United States, May Day usually is usually eclipsed by Labor Day when it comes to rallies. But this year, there is a flurry of activity in this area on May 1, and the following Saturday, May 3. That’s thanks to the 50501 movement organizing protests nationwide against what they see as executive overreach by the Trump administration. Johannes Werner has the details.

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5:08

Episode 243: Suncoast Searchlight: Current funding...

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2025/05/01

Florida has been increasing its mental health funding for schools ever since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. This year, it dedicated over $175 million to that purpose. But school officials say the rising need is outpacing resources. Kara Newhouse with Suncoast Searchlight reports. To read the full article, visit suncoastsearchlight.org/florida-school-mental-health-funding-parkland-suncoast.

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7:12

Episode 242: Advocates urge Sarasota to 'Stop the...

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2025/05/01

Public-school advocates met last weekend in Sarasota to talk about challenges ahead for public schools. Tamara Solum reports.

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6:50

Episode 241: Sarasota's first veterans' housing...

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2025/05/01

It will barely make a dent in Sarasota’s affordable housing crisis, even in the list of veterans still waiting for housing. But more projects like this could make a difference. On Wednesday morning, a veterans’ housing complex offering 10 affordable apartments officially opened in Newtown—the first of its kind in Sarasota County. Johannes Werner talked to Jon Thaxton, the man who prodded the Heroes’ Village through all its stages.

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6:11

Episode 240: Commissioners unanimously approve...

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2025/04/25

After some recent pushback against developers by the Sarasota County Commission, it looked like “back to normal” on Wednesday. Pat Neal—whose Neal Communities has developed tens of thousands of homes in the region—presented, and the county commissioners unanimously approved, an unsolicited proposal to extend a road in the south county that benefits mainly the residents of a master-planned community developed by Neal Communities. Johannes Werner reports.

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4:43

Episode 239: Obsidian decision postponed due to...

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2025/04/24

A decision on a controversial skyscraper project has been delayed—because of a missing green-yellow sign. Gretchen Cochran explains.

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5:07

Episode 238: Venice City Council wastes no time...

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2025/04/24

Joan Farrell is gone, leaving Ron Smith as the sole development skeptic on the Venice City Council. This Thursday, it took council members barely five minutes to decide how to fill her seat. The quick discussion vote of how to pick Farrell's successor shows how her resignation changed dynamics on the board. Ramon Lopez reports.

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Episode 237: 'Citizens Protect the Ringling' town...

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2025/04/24

In February, news broke that the budget proposal submitted by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the legislature includes funding to move the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art under the umbrella of New College. That prompted the creation of Citizens Protect the Ringling. Made up mostly of former board members of the foundation supporting the museum, the organization held a crowded town hall meeting Tuesday. Farah Vallecillo reports.

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3:52

Episode 236: Suncoast Searchlight: Despite exposure...

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2025/04/24

Many staff and faculty at New College had not heard the name of Fredrick Piccolo Jr. when he was arrested last week by Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies and subsequently fired as marketing director for the public college. Suncoast Searchlight’s Alice Herman sheds some light on how Piccolo, a politically connected figure, was hired. This story was produced jointly by the Suncoast Searchlight and WUSF.

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Episode 235: Suncoast Searchlight: Developers shut...

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2025/04/24

Here’s one more hidden cost of buying a suburban home in Florida: Developer-controlled "special purpose government." Homeowners at an upscale gated community in south Sarasota County have learned it the hard way. Suncoast Searchlight reporter Derek Gilliam has that story. This abbreviated version of a longer article reported and written by Gilliam was AI-generated. For the full report, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/gran-paradiso-wellen-west-villages-developer-mattamy-water.

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4:23

Episode 234: Sarasota County Commission reverses...

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2025/04/24

Sarasota County is distributing $210 million of federal disaster recovery grants among local projects and organizations. The probably most controversial decision the commissioners took last fall was splitting $15 million for vocational education between public schools and a new program launched by the politically powerful regional builders’ association. On Tuesday, after an embarrassing photo surfaced, the five commissioners revisited the $7.5 million grant award to the builders, which was

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4:52

Episode 233: Wells Fargo workers' union demands...

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2025/04/19

Private-sector service workers are joining unions in droves, and that includes—in a historic first—bank tellers. Wells Fargo is the nation’s fourth-largest commercial bank. Last year, five tellers at a Wells Fargo branch in Bradenton joined a union. They are now bargaining with their employer, but that process hit a snag. WSLR News intern Sera Deniz has more.

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5:08

Episode 232: Suncoast Searchlight: New College's...

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2025/04/19

New College of Florida recently fired a Chinese professor under a contentious state law. That has drawn national attention and raised fresh concerns about academic freedom, xenophobia and the direction of higher education in Florida. The Suncoast Searchlight’s Alice Herman reports. To read the full story, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/new-college-fire-chinese-professor-sb846-alarm.

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Episode 231: Suncoast Searchlight: New College...

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2025/04/19

Fred Piccolo Jr., the director of marketing and media for New College of Florida and a longtime state political powerbroker, was arrested Tuesday by the Manatee County Sheriff’s office and charged with exposure of sexual organs and is being held in jail. Alice Herman with the Suncoast Searchlight reports. To read the full story, go to suncoastsearchlight.org/new-college-communications-director-arrested-for-exposure-the-second-time-in-under-a-year.

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