Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight, Author at Suncoast Searchlight

About Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight

Alice Herman is a watchdog/ investigative reporter at Suncoast Searchlight. She has covered politics, labor and religion nationally, as well as in local communities in Florida, Wisconsin and Michigan. In 2020 and 2021, she covered the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers, revealing abuses within temp healthcare agencies and exposing anti-union efforts by national and multinational corporations. Her reporting on the packing supplies company Uline revealed the company’s practice of contracting foreign workers to work on tourist visas for subminimum wages. Before joining Suncoast Searchlight, Alice covered democracy and electoral politics in her home state of Wisconsin for the Guardian US. While there, she reported on election security, election administration and disinformation. Reach Alice via email at alice@suncoastsearchlight.org

Window closing to roll back Florida SB 180 home rule limits
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Window closing to roll back Florida SB 180 home rule limits

DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast

Window closing to roll back Florida SB 180 home rule limits

The Florida Legislature has just days in the current [...]

By Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight|2026-02-26T19:49:17-05:00February 27, 2026 5:47 am|DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off

How New College turned housing dollars into a fund for athletics
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How New College turned housing dollars into a fund for athletics

Sarasota, Suncoast

How New College turned housing dollars into a fund for athletics

At a time when New College of Florida faces [...]

By Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight|2026-02-19T18:58:10-05:00February 20, 2026 5:50 am|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off

Florida residents use FDLE immigration tip line to report neighbors, acquaintances
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Florida residents use FDLE immigration tip line to report neighbors, acquaintances

Suncoast

Florida residents use FDLE immigration tip line to report neighbors, acquaintances

In the first months after the Florida Department of [...]

By Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight|2026-01-29T17:17:07-05:00January 30, 2026 5:50 am|Suncoast|Comments Off

After Sarasota County Schools’ ICE vote, questions remain about enforcement on campuses
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After Sarasota County Schools’ ICE vote, questions remain about enforcement on campuses

Sarasota, Suncoast

After Sarasota County Schools’ ICE vote, questions remain about enforcement on campuses

Throngs of students, parents and community members crowded around [...]

By Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight|2026-01-22T16:37:24-05:00January 23, 2026 5:40 am|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off

Sarasota woman defrauded as immigration scams rise nationwide
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Sarasota woman defrauded as immigration scams rise nationwide

Sarasota, Suncoast

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful David Jolly spotlights education in Sarasota
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Democratic gubernatorial hopeful David Jolly spotlights education in Sarasota

Sarasota

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful David Jolly spotlights education in Sarasota

Former Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly, now running a [...]

By Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight|2025-12-18T15:19:32-05:00December 19, 2025 5:40 am|Sarasota|Comments Off

New College tuition hike may contradict Trump ‘compact’
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New College tuition hike may contradict Trump ‘compact’

Sarasota, Suncoast

New College tuition hike may contradict Trump ‘compact’

New College of Florida trustees voted Wednesday on a [...]

By Alice Herman | Suncoast Searchlight|2025-12-18T09:46:33-05:00December 17, 2025 5:55 am|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off

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