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Episode 190: Sarasota County Democratic Party elects...

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2025/03/15

The Democratic Party has had a clear message as to what they’re standing against but less so what they’re fighting for and how they will win their battles. In the November elections, they lost—nationally as well as locally, in Sarasota. In early February, local party Chair Dan Kuether resigned. On Wednesday evening, the party’s rank-and-file picked a new chair, but few people, even party insiders in Sarasota, have heard of David Dean. Gretchen Cochran sat down with him the day after his

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3:52

Episode 189: What's in your drinking water?

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2025/03/13

The answer is a lot of chemicals. Worried about PFAs, PFOAs, lithium, and arsenic in your drinking water? WSLR News reporter Sera Deniz reports from a local forum about the bad and the good.

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Episode 188: Tesla Takedown protesters assemble at UTC

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2025/03/13

On Saturday, at least a couple hundred protesters showed up at an unusual spot: on the super busy University Parkway at the University Town Center mall near the sprawling Lakewood Ranch development, one block from the I-75 interchange. They were part of what they call the “Tesla Takedown,” and they’re planning to do it again. Johannes Werner talked to one of the organizers.

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Episode 187: Applicants waiting on FEMA assistance...

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2025/03/13

If your home was damaged during one of last season’s storms, the deadline has passed to apply for financial help from FEMA. But if you are already in the system and have not heard from them lately, the federal agency wants to let you know that they are here to help. Johannes Werner talked to Jassiel Olivero Melo, FEMA media relations specialist on the Suncoast.

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Episode 186: Long Term Recovery Group seeks county's...

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2025/03/13

A coalition of non-profit, business and government organizations says they have outperformed the Sarasota County government in recovery efforts after Hurricane Ian. Now they are asking the county to give them the lead in the recovery from last year’s storms, as Ramon Lopez reports.

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Episode 185: Suncoast Searchlight: Phillippi Creek...

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2025/03/13

Hundreds of homeowners along Phillippi Creek were flooded during Hurricane Debby last August. That has raised questions about deficits in stormwater management and how it could be improved. Josh Salman with the Suncoast Searchlight brings us this report.

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Episode 184: Junior Salazar rallies the community to...

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2025/03/08

His father was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Junior Salazar grew up as the youngest of three siblings, all of them sharing one bed in a one-bedroom rental in Bradenton. But the fact that he was born at Manatee Memorial Hospital 38 years ago made all the difference. Being a U.S. citizen helped him not only to prosper—he got a college degree and has been working in banking and finance most of his adult life—but he has run for office twice. That was for mayor of Bradenton and for

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6:40

Episode 183: Tension and frustration at kickoff of...

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2025/03/08

New Urbanism pioneer Andrés Duany created Sarasota’s downtown master plan 25 years ago. The city’s center has since become a magnet for luxury condo developers and buyers and the kinds of businesses this clientele wants. Now, it’s time for an update of the plan. Our news reporter, Gretchen Cochran, was at the meeting at City Hall that kicked off the process.

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Episode 182: Massive Adagio condo project faces...

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2025/03/08

It’s called Adagio, which describes a slow tune. But the developer proposing this massive condo project, filling most of a block in downtown Sarasota, has quickly prompted heckles. The two-tower structure—one of them rising up to 18 floors—would be taller and denser than zoning allows. The legal mechanism brought into play by the developer is Florida’s Live Local Act, as Ramon Lopez reports.

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Episode 181: Sarasota Memorial Hospital and...

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2025/03/06

If you are pregnant in the United States, it’s increasingly hard to find an obstetrician to help you through the process and birth. The situation on the Suncoast is no different. But the local public hospital has now partnered with a network of nonprofits and state institutions. One of the outcomes: As of today, you can call a hotline—917-MOM—and a nurse-navigator will take you by the hand. Johannes Werner reports.

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Episode 180: Homeowner recovers from catastrophic...

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2025/03/06

Hurricane Debby’s deluge flooded hundreds of homeowners along Phillippi Creek, which runs through older suburbs of Sarasota. Among them was Allison Werner. We interviewed her in August, a day after the floods reached the door knobs on the ground floor of her three-story dream home. More than half a year later, WSLR News reporter Jennifer Johnston caught up with her to find out how she’s doing now.

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Episode 179: Project 180 helps those returning from...

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2025/03/06

The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. That translates into millions of people who, after serving their sentence, are facing the challenges of reentry into society. One non-profit based in Sarasota is at the cutting edge of providing services to inmates and former inmates, and they have an event on in-prison education coming up this Friday. WSLR News reporter Sera Deniz talked to one of the organization’s leaders.

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Episode 178: Suncoast Searchlight: Developers exploit...

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2025/03/06

Ever heard about “Rent-a-Cow”? Developers have used this tax loophole for years, depriving counties of much-needed funding. Josh Salman with the Suncoast Searchlight brings us that story.

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Episode 177: 50-50-1 movement brings hundreds of...

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2025/03/06

Hundreds gathered in downtown Sarasota Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s policies. A previous protest on Presidents’ Day was about four times as large. WSLR News reporter Alex Lieberman was there to watch and listen.

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Episode 176: Suncoast Searchlight: '24 storm season...

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2025/03/02

The Suncoast's recent encounter with three major hurricanes changed not only the landscape but also dented the local economy. Debby, Helene, and Milton together resulted in nearly one-and-half billion dollars in reported insurance losses here, devastating homes, businesses, and infrastructure. However, beyond the immediate physical destruction, the storms have triggered another one: A formidable economic storm, that is. Josh Salman with the Suncoast Searchlight explains.

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Episode 175: Debby, Helene, and Milton overwhelmed...

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2025/03/01

Meet the Suncoast Searchlight. This new Sarasota-based investigative non-profit newsroom has begun to crank out original reporting, and WSLR News partnered with them to bring it to radio. In his first report for the Suncoast Searchlight, Joshua Salman is shedding light on recent sewage spills.

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Episode 174: George Kruse discusses Manatee voters'...

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2025/03/01

George Kruse is a political survivor. First elected to the Manatee County Commission five years ago as a member of a MAGA and pro-development team, he increasingly distanced himself from that team. Then, last year, he was primaried by a sitting commissioner. But he emerged victorious and stronger. Now, he chairs a Manatee County Commission dominated by rebels close to their constituents, and Kruse sets the tone. Cathy Antunes, host of The Detail show on WSLR, asked George Kruse some

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Episode 173: 10 Roads drivers strike as contractors...

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2025/03/01

When you’re being told “the check is in the mail” these days, you may have to lower your expectations even more than usual. Here is why: The U.S. Postal Service has been put in a squeeze by a Trump-appointed Postmaster General for several years. So USPS, in turn, put the squeeze on its contractors, asking them to cut the price they charge. One of the biggest USPS contractors is Iowa-based 10 Roads Express. The company has fallen on hard times because USPS is its sole customer. At the end of

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Episode 172: People's Union calls for total economic...

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2025/02/27

Tomorrow, midnight, a one-day “Economic Blackout” will begin. This is a decentralized, social media-driven response to the dismantling of DEI programs by corporations, but it goes beyond that particular grievance, tapping into grumbling about the dismantling of government agencies led by a billionaire. The boycott asks people to stop or minimize spending for 24 hours on Friday, Feb. 28. Johannes Werner reports.

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Episode 171: Flooding, funding, future: The Van...

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2025/02/27

This month, City of Sarasota commissioners are expected to take key decisions regarding the future of the Purple Cow. One of them is whether to seek a historic designation for the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center. Gretchen Cochran reports.

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