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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

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful David Jolly spotlights education in Sarasota

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

By |2025-12-18T15:19:32-05:00December 19, 2025 5:40 am|Sarasota|Comments Off on Democratic gubernatorial hopeful David Jolly spotlights education in Sarasota

Officials, civic leaders warn public has lost control over development

Elected officials and civic leaders offered a dire assessment [...]

By |2025-12-12T11:12:04-05:00December 12, 2025 5:44 am|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Officials, civic leaders warn public has lost control over development

Florida election skeptics lose power in Tallahassee, but their message still spreads

The mood was grim on Defend Florida’s mid-November Zoom [...]

By |2025-12-04T18:29:28-05:00December 5, 2025 5:45 am|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Florida election skeptics lose power in Tallahassee, but their message still spreads

‘Home rule’ fight over Florida’s SB 180 exposes growing rift inside Republican ranks

During an October meeting of Sarasota MAGA Patriots — [...]

By |2025-11-06T20:07:09-05:00November 7, 2025 5:45 am|Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on ‘Home rule’ fight over Florida’s SB 180 exposes growing rift inside Republican ranks

Government transparency expert David Cuillier on ICE ‘cloak of secrecy’

Masked federal agents descending on city streets. Elected officials [...]

By |2025-10-16T16:35:43-05:00October 17, 2025 5:40 am|Suncoast|Comments Off on Government transparency expert David Cuillier on ICE ‘cloak of secrecy’

‘Hostile takeover’: Charter operator files to occupy 3 Sarasota schools

Mater Academy Inc., a Miami-based charter school operator, has submitted [...]

By |2025-10-08T17:47:41-05:00October 8, 2025 5:01 pm|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on ‘Hostile takeover’: Charter operator files to occupy 3 Sarasota schools

ICE ‘detainers’ erode constitutional rights in Florida’s justice system, advocates warn

As the federal government mines local jails for undocumented [...]

By |2025-09-26T09:36:47-05:00September 26, 2025 5:50 am|Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on ICE ‘detainers’ erode constitutional rights in Florida’s justice system, advocates warn

She paid his bond. ICE took him. Bradenton family’s saga shows how Florida jails fuel deportations

Leer en español aquí. In the early morning hours [...]

By |2025-09-19T10:58:13-05:00September 19, 2025 5:45 am|DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on She paid his bond. ICE took him. Bradenton family’s saga shows how Florida jails fuel deportations
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