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WSLR News — 126 episodes
Episode 453: WSLR News Fri., July 24: Florida DOGE; Gracewater Midtown; Live Local lawsuit; US Garage; Rob Rominiecki
Episode 452: WSLR News Wed., July 22: North Port data centers; Live Local lawsuit; Sarasota School Board meeting times; water treatment plant; Brad Baker
Episode 451: WSLR News Fri., July 17: Gunshot patients; end of TPS for Haitians; undocumented student ban; Sarasota Motor Club; Desmond Meade
Episode 450: WSLR News Wed., July 15: State pre-emption; school meals; PACs; Done with Gun; Kelly Kirschner
Episode 449: WSLR News Fri., July 10: CD 16 'in play' for Dems; profile Eddie Pope; Maley's Fish Kill; WW2 Jeep
Episode 448: WSLR News Wed., July 8: Sarasota slams brakes on data centers; rural stormwater fees; dropping school enrollment; Eddie Speir
Episode 447: WSLR News Fri., July 3: Airbnb and Byron Donalds; employees take over roofing business; Treatment First ripples; oyster bed restoration; turtle recovery
Episode 446: WSLR News Wed., July 1: Canadian at Alcatraz; New College budget; Yevgheni Khodorkovsky
Episode 445: WSLR News Fri., June 26: Canadian at Alcatraz; The Real KVO; concrete crushing; stormwater system update
Episode 444: WSLR News Wed., June 24: Protect Siesta Key endorsement; Julie London; administrative review; Bridget Ziegler; laughter yoga
Episode 443: WSLR News Fri., June 19: Hospital board elections; moratorium petition; Sarasota County Commission candidates; Juneteenth
Episode 442: WSLR News, Wed. June 17: DeSantis signs Gruters' insurance bill; 1899 Fruitville; Angie Nixon; Newtown candidate forum; Jim DeNiro
Episode 441: WSLR News Fri., June 12: Last-minute candidates; data center water use; USF shutdown ripples; Juneteenth
Episode 440: WSLR News Wed., June 10: John Oliver and New College; historic teardown; CONA; candidate profiles: Flo Entler and Joe Neunder
Episode 439: WSLR News, Fri, June 5: New College financial collision; Christian Nationalism; candidate profiles: Jen Ahearn-Koch and Kristina Sargent
Episode 438: WSLR News Wed., June 3: Neighborhood workshops; biking deaths; school board candidate; measles; women of power
Episode 437: WSLR News Fri., May 29: Bradenton mayor change; cemetery neglect; US Garage; hurricane season
Episode 436: WSLR News Wed., May 27: USF Sarasota-Manatee shutdown; data center; school tax settlement; candidate profile Harshman; candidate profile Pozzie
Episode 435: WSLR News Fri., May 22: Vandalized cemetery; data center; ¡Pleibol!; Braver Angels
Episode 434: WSLR News Wed., May 20: New Booker principal; school taxes; church parking; Bay Park Phase 3; Phillippi Creek dredging
Episode 433: WSLR News Friday May 15: Water violators: Zander debater: Steube: Mark Smith
Episode 432: WSLR News, Wed. May 13: USF Sarasota-Manatee vote; Allen Spence; cemetery vandalism; The Bay dirt pile; Suncoast Jewish Alliance
Episode 431: WSLR News Fri., May 8: School tax fees; Booker High principal; US House candidates: Montavon; hurricane hunters
Episode 430: WSLR News Wed., May 6: Schools v Moran; Live Local; Obsidian; Larry Thompson Q&A
Episode 429: WSLR News Fri., May 1: Live Local clash; Obsidian, round 3; new concrete crushing operator; Sarasota schools sue tax collector; community choir
Episode 428: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 19: DR Horton sues; Democrats apologize; new concrete crushing plant operator; youth mental health; affordable legal help
Episode 427: WSLR News Fri., Apr. 24: New College master plan challenge; school board candidates: DeWitt, Brandt; Regional Scan; Bending the Arc
Episode 426: WSLR News Wed., Apr 22: Concrete crushing; Bill Furst's PAC; student protest policy; District 1 school board candidates; compost merger; plastic bottles
Episode 425: WSLR News Wed., April 8: Land preservation; teacher layoffs; Social Security protest; conservative reactions to No Kings; Fish Fry, the movie
Episode 424: WSLR News Wed., April 1: Sarasota ICE referrals; ICE seeks office space; Gruters insurance bill; No Kings
Episode 423: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 25: Sheriff vs sheriff; No Kings Day events; student protest policy; Van Wezel floodproofing; traffic calming; Control Growth Now award
Episode 422: 'Neighbors Not Strangers': Indivisible Manatee hosts discussion about immigration law and enforcement in Florida
Episode 421: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 18: 1899 Fruitville; concrete crushing permit; Mark Vengroff; New College documentary
Episode 420: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 11: City to sue concrete crushing plant; Urban Meyer and education; Meadows and Benderson; micromobility; a stroll on the farmers' market
Episode 419: WSLR News Wed., Mar 4
Episode 418: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 25:
Episode 417: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 18: Sarasota land preservation purchases; CDD bill; Leonard Reid House turns 100; freedge
Episode 416: WSLR News Fri., Feb. 13: Interview with Maryam Mohamad about neighborhood Signal groups in Minneapolis
Episode 415: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 11: EPA guts wetlands protection; City of Sarasota manager search; the city's affordable housing project is back; immigration enforcement panel
Episode 414: WSLR News, Fri., Feb. 6: Interview with a Somali immigrant in Minneapolis
Episode 413: WSLR News Wed. Feb. 4: Artist housing; Neunder vs DeNiro; snitch line; Somali immigrants
Episode 412: WSLR News Fri., Jan. 30: Winchester Ranch; Sarasota schools' ICE resolution; Manatee schools pledge improvement; Trump's Cuba energy blockade
Episode 411: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 28: Saravela; Neunder vs. Live Local; Pretti candlelight vigil
Episode 410: WSLR News Fri., Jan 23: New Ringling College president; why the Van Wezels endorse the new SPAC; public speaking challenges; Amaryllis Park; immigration scams
Episode 409: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 21: Cruise terminal; Ziegler's ICE resolution; Benderson taxing district; MLK Day
Episode 408: WSLR News Fri., Jan. 16: Special report on immigration protest at Alligator Alcatraz
Episode 407: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 14: Affordable housing funding; ICE protest; Gran Paradiso settlement; Van Wezel family endorses SPAC
Episode 406: WSLR News Wed., Jan. 7: Sarasota school makeover; Newtown's historic schools; big development in Venice; public housing near downtown; a Venezuela skeptic
Episode 405: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 17: Sarasota County Commissioners pick chair and talks stormwater standards; EPA strips wetland protections; Manatee schools' HR troubles; stressed farmers; support for immigrants
Episode 404: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 10: MCR Health; Rattlesnake Key; Defend Florida; Siesta Key beach battles
Episode 403: WSLR News Wed., Dec. 3: New Manatee County Commission chair; art erasure lawsuit; Venezuela ambassador; The Amish Project
Episode 402: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 28: Polluter out, affordable housing in; Tallevast contamination; pesticide drones
Episode 401: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 26: Hunger; twice-erased muralist; Mengele survivor; wild turkeys
Episode 400: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 22: Juvenile curfew; oil drilling; Heal Palestine; Unidos Now quince
Episode 399: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 19: Sarasota school board; Siesta Key development; CONA; UnidosNow
Episode 398: WSLR News Fri., Nov. 14
Episode 397: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 12: Climate resilience conference; canopy walkway; Alligator Alcatraz protest
Episode 396: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 7: New College DOGE'd; Manatee approves more CDDs; funding for Sarasota Land Preservation Program
Episode 395: WSLR News Wed., Nov. 5: Sarasota school shuffle; underused schools; Publix open carry pushback; truly affordable housing; clergy vs. ICE
Episode 394: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 31: SEE Squads; special education school takeover; Disappeared in America; Newtown hoop takedown; Performing Arts Foundation gala
Episode 393: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 29: Legislators seek to take control over port from Manatee County; Sarasota takes back Polytech consolidation plans; Thaxton surprises; Ukraine activists
Episode 392: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 24: Hoop trouble; Sarasota Sheriff loves ICE; New College denies emeritus status; VanWezel preservation; active shooter training
Episode 391: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 22: Kristi Noem; No Kings; more school consolidation; DR Horton rejected again; power undergrounding
Episode 390: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 17: judge orders ICE to release undocumented father; The Bay Phase 3; Lakewood Ranch park expands; bathroom boondoggle
Episode 389: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 15: No Kings protests; Phillippi Creek dredging; Tallevast trouble Part 2; Voces de Inmigración 2
Episode 388: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 10: Yoav Gallant in Sarasota; Mater Academies seeks Manatee schools, too; Betty Osceola; Hermitage Artist Retreat; Tallevast contamination
Episode 387: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 8: Sarasota school stays open; Sarasota School Board race; The Bay picks politically connected restaurateur; stormwater politics; Stuart Eizenstat
Episode 386: WSLR News Fri., Oct. 3: Redistricting potest; feeding immigrants in distress; school closings; vaccine politics; Hispanic art
Episode 385: WSLR News Wed., Oct. 1: Florida's jail to ICE pipeline; Nuestro Vaiven; Eat Local Week; remembering Breonte; pickleball champ
Episode 384: WSLR News Fri., Sep. 26: Schools of Hope; open carry confusion; deportation; Hermitage retreat struggles
Episode 383: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 24: Peak hurricane season; jail to ICE pipeline; school closings; hat man
Episode 382: WSLR News Fri., Sep. 19: School closings in Sarasota; a rubber-stamp board for developers?; Culverhouse project
Episode 381: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 17: Botanical garden's treet cutting; immigrant family in distress; prayer vigil; free speech on campus
Episode 380: WSLR News, Fri., Sep. 12: DR Horton hearing; small business in Charlie Kirk trouble; Florida's failing sex ed; 9-11 remembrance
Episode 379: WSLR News Wed., Sept. 10: At least 15 more years for the Van Wezel; Midnight Pass dredging; how to get a COVID booster; headwinds for Sister Cities; Sarasota clergy protest immigrant detention
Episode 378: WSLR News Fri., Sept. 5: Sarasota County hikes water bills by 10%; commissioners raise stormwater fees; New College privatization; David Jolly interview; One Stop Housing
Episode 377: WSLR News Wed., Sep. 3: Manatee joins suit against SB 180; Sarasota sheriff presents scaled-down jail project; trouble at Streets of Paradise; Labor Day action
Episode 376: WSLR News Fri., Aug. 29: Manasota Beach Road; Village of Art removal; Teamster victories; stagehand union
Episode 375: WSLR News, Wed. Aug. 27: Street art removal; new Manatee superintendent; Zenith redevelopment; private government trouble in Manatee; Van Wezel fixes
Episode 374: WSLR News, Fri., Aug. 22: Manatee showdown avoided; Q&A with Sarasota's stormwater czar; Sarasota County: tough talk, no cuts; local reactions to Alligator Alcatraz ruling
Episode 373: WSLR News Wed., Aug 20: City moves on Purple Cow; PGT fires deaf worker; life after deportation; deportation protest; Rob Lorei, RIP
Episode 372: WSLR News Fri., Aug 15: A dportation experience; SPAC fundraising falls behind; Westminster vote; vaccination lag; Newtown Family Center
Episode 371: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 13: Report from ICE detention; Sarasota School Board resignations; stormwater czar; DR Horton returns; Manatee superintendent finalists; outpriced renters
Episode 370: WSLR News Wed., Aug. 6: E coli in the Bay; right-wing restlessness in the GOP; Manatee lobbies against SB 180; Sarasota rejects synagogue project
Episode 369: WSLR News, Fri., Aug. 1: Donors sue New College Foundation; paying taxes to developers; Alligator Alcatraz vs. the environment; Manatee superintendent search; North Water Tower Park
Episode 368: WSLR News, Wed., July 30: Manatee County vs. Florida; rural hospital squeeze; self deportation; twin tower project; Rage Against the Regime; yoga for houseless Sarasotans
Episode 367: WSLR News Fri., July 25: Teenage edition! Colson Hotel; Sarasota school troubles; a flooded city commissioner; neighborhood canopy program; Freedom School
Episode 366: WSLR News Fri., July 18: Florida's second detention camp; FPL undergrounding; Good Trouble protest; rainbow crosswalks; Pastor Gibbs;
Episode 365: WSLR News Wed., July 16: Protest, vigil for Tampa man killed in West Bank; Floridians stand to lose health insurance; New College master plan; airport succession; gambling dens
Episode 364: WSLR News, Fri., July 11: Planned Parenthood merger; Sarasota stormwater redux; the Van Wezel's future; North Port finance crunch
Episode 363: WSLR news Wed., July 9: Sarasota budget woes; sports arena; stormwater czar; Adagio; city manager search reboot
Episode 362: WSLR News Fri., July 4: Medicaid cuts and MCR Health; Manatee County vs Pat Neal; Clean Water campaign needs miracle; Pride Month in tough times
Episode 361: WSLR News Wed., July 2: Neglected stormwater system; Sarasota stormwater reshuffle; Lulu a 'danger for community'; Alligator Alcatraz blowback; Purple Ribbon, one more episode
Episode 360: WSLR News Fri., June 27: New College finances; Martin Hyde on New College; Turning Point USA; deportation case; plants and flooding
Episode 359: WSLR News Wed., June 25: Sarasota school cuts; Manatee denies Neal project; League of Women Voters protest; Florida cattle drive
Episode 358: WSLR News Fri., June 20: Private government; anti-abortion picketers; Planned Parenthood services; a stroll in the new Bay Park
Episode 357: WSLR News Wed., June 18: Florida budget losers; No Kings protest; immigrant protest; Sarasota Ballet dancer exodus
Episode 356: WSLR News Fri., June 13: Mass surveillance and immigrant crackdown; LA and Florida protests; Nine Devils; Juneteenth
Episode 355: WSLR News Wed., June 11: Lulu's deportation; immigrant rights march in Bradenton; 'No Kings' protest; Manatee school superintendent hiring; The Prom
Episode 354: WSLR News Fri., June 6: New College Foundation finances; Sarasota stormwater department; hurricane prep; Manatee land-use battles; healthy eggs
Episode 353: WSLR News Wed., June 4: Property tax cut ripples; shrinking Manatee County government; FPL rate hike; hurricane hunters
Episode 352: WSLR News Fri., May 30: Flooding: Is Sarasota ready? Bradenton wastewater planning; Sarasota County undoes the Moran makeover of social servicess;
Episode 351: WSLR News Wed., May 28: Tearing down the Van Wezel; New College retention problems; public school cuts; Old Miakka cell tower
Episode 350: WSLR News Fri. May 23: More felony charges for Piccolo; New College alt graduation; community workshops; NOAA cuts
Episode 349: WSLR News Wed., May 21: Manatee school superintendent firing; tourism tax fight; ALICE; homeless camping ban
Episode 348: WSLR News Fri., May 16: Van Wezel's future; developer-run government; Operation Tidal Wave expands; fish farms in the Caribbean
Episode 347: WSLR News Wed., May 14: Skyscraper project falls to opposition; the rising cost of challenging developers; filling a Venice city council seat; Frost & Murphy town hall
Episode 346: WSLR news Fri., May 9, 2025: Developer-run governments; Operation Tidal Wave; Medicaid cuts
Episode 345: WSLR News wed., May 7, 2025: City covers ex-commissioner's legal fees; New College shuts down childcare; Maxwell Frost Q&A; Lakewood Ranch Southeast; mixed messages on transit
Episode 344: WSLR News Fri., May 2, 2025: The Van Wezel and climate change; Piccolo Jr.; Synia Carroll R.I.P.
Episode 343: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 30, 2025: Veterans housing; public education crisis; mental health school funding; May Day protest
Episode 342: WSLR News Fri., Apr. 25: Manasota Beach Road; Canadian snowbird diplomat; microforests; museum trouble
Episode 341: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 23, 2025: Sarasota strips builders of funding; troubles in Gran Paradiso; how New College hired Piccolo; Ringling Museum town hall; Venice vacancy; Obsidian delayed
Episode 340: WSLR News Fri., Apr 18 2025: FSU shooting witness; New College arrest; New College firing; bank tellers unionize
Episode 339: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 16, 2025: Venice City Council resignation's ripples; Fauci in Sarasota; tumbling real estate prices; local economic ripples of Trump measures; Canadian snowbirds
Episode 338: WSLR News Fri., Apr 11, 2025: Neal gets his way, Venice councilmember resigns; homeowner buyouts; Hi Hat Ranch; affordable housing
Episode 337: WSLR News Apr. 9, 2025: New College takeover of USF-Sarasota; Russell Brand; Pat Neal in Venice; Hands-Off protests; Sarasota Schools end mental health program; cattle drive
Episode 336: WSLR News Fri Apr. 4: Downtown design critics; Manatee County comp plan re-write; Sarasota Film Festival
Episode 335: WSLR News Wed., Apr. 2: Spring membership drive; New College fires Chinese professor; New College student newspaper revival; Sarasota County wants to dump stormwater management; DOGE cancels Sarasota speaker on peace with China
Episode 334: WSLR News Mar. 28: Van Wezel flooding; twin tower projects; farmworkers; Women in Resistance
Episode 333: WSLR News Wed., Mar. 26: Sarasota stormwater shuffle; destroying a microforest; farmworker organizing; Red Tide and brain health
Episode 332: WSLR News Mar. 21: Border czar in Sarasota; anti-Homan protest; RIP Synia Carrol
Episode 331: WSLR News Mar. 19: Performing Arts Center vote postponed; downtown Sarasota's race for height; Tom Homan at New College; Tesla Takedown protest; Red Tide research
Episode 330: WSLR News Fri., Mar. 14: New Sarasota Dem chair; Phillippi Creek dredging; New College land grab; Working Families Lobbying Corps
Episode 329: WSLR News Mar. 12: Phillippi Creek; storm recovery spat; FEMA hangups; Tesla Takedown; chemicals in drinking water
Episode 328: WSLR News Fri., Mar. 7: Adagio; Sarasota downtown master plan; undocumented immigrants