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After Sarasota County Schools’ ICE vote, questions remain about enforcement on campuses
Throngs of students, parents and community members crowded around the School Board of Sarasota County building on Tuesday morning, forming a line so long that many could not get a seat in the meeting [...]
Sarasota woman defrauded as immigration scams rise nationwide
Lea este artículo en español A year after Fabiola crossed the border into the United States, the 33-year-old asylum seeker sent a message to the man she had hired to represent her in immigration [...]
Mujer es blanco de estafa en Sarasota mientras aumentan fraudes migratorios en el país
Traducción por Aimée Barat Read in English here Un año después de cruzar la frontera hacia Estados Unidos, Fabiola, una madre soltera de 33 años, envió un mensaje al hombre que había contratado para [...]
Emails show public dismay about Karen Rose school board appointment
Record-holding agency: Executive Office of the Governor Date requested: Aug. 29 Outcome: Records obtained Dec. 5 Cost: $0 After Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in August that he had tapped ousted Sarasota County School Board Member [...]
Florida AG’s Office charges $7K for “Combat Violent Extremism Portal” submissions
Record-holding agency: Florida Office of the Attorney General Date requested: Sept. 24 Outcome: Fee of $7,381.08 charged, request pending In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination Sept. 10, Florida Attorney General James [...]
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful David Jolly spotlights education in Sarasota
Former Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly, now running a Democratic campaign for Florida governor, signaled during a Sarasota event that education would be a priority during his run to put a Democrat in charge [...]
New College tuition hike may contradict Trump ‘compact’
New College of Florida trustees voted Wednesday on a tuition hike — raising questions about whether it would still qualify for a Trump administration agreement barring such increases for the next five years. The [...]
Officials, civic leaders warn public has lost control over development
Elected officials and civic leaders offered a dire assessment during a panel discussion Wednesday about the forces shaping the Suncoast region: Local control over rapid development has essentially crumbled. “The state legislature has been [...]
Florida election skeptics lose power in Tallahassee, but their message still spreads
The mood was grim on Defend Florida’s mid-November Zoom call. Members of the Sarasota-founded election conspiracy theory group traded frustrations over Florida Republicans who no longer seemed interested in their proposals to tighten Florida’s [...]
‘Home rule’ fight over Florida’s SB 180 exposes growing rift inside Republican ranks
During an October meeting of Sarasota MAGA Patriots — a rightwing coalition pursuing a range of issues, from anti-vaccine activism to emergency preparedness — attendees railed against a new state law curbing local oversight [...]
Sarasota Sheriff cashes in on ICE crackdown
As the federal government intensifies its immigration crackdown, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has emerged as one of the Suncoast’s most active partners with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In recent months, Sheriff Kurt [...]
Government transparency expert David Cuillier on ICE ‘cloak of secrecy’
Masked federal agents descending on city streets. Elected officials denied access to detention centers. Scores arrested without a trace. As President Donald Trump pursues his plan of deporting immigrants at a massive scale, the [...]
