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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 [...]
The Tally: What We Know — And Don’t Know — About Suncoast Teacher Vacancies
The Tally is a Suncoast Searchlight series that examines issues affecting communities across the Suncoast and Florida through data. When the School District of Manatee County hired Carina Chindamo as an autism spectrum disorder [...]
Series of misconduct cases signals systemic breakdown in Manatee County schools
An elementary school resource teacher arrested for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse materials and footage of sexual activity with an animal. A middle school teacher arrested after allegedly sending a student explicit images on [...]
New York Times editor visits Sarasota to discuss state of local journalism
The future of local journalism is uncertain, but not doomed, according to a former executive editor of The New York Times. Dean Baquet, who led the Times from 2014 to 2022, visited Sarasota Thursday [...]
Tampa General to assume operations of DeSoto County’s lone hospital
Big changes are coming to the only hospital in rural DeSoto County. The public Desoto Memorial Hospital board voted unanimously on Monday to lease the 49-bed facility, based in Arcadia, to Tampa General Hospital [...]
The Tally: What the data reveals about ICE detainers in Florida
The Tally is a new Suncoast Searchlight series that examines issues affecting communities across the Suncoast and Florida through data. When Eddy Macario, a Bradenton father and house painter, was arrested for driving without [...]
DeSoto Memorial weighs offers from major health systems as challenges mount
Facing a challenging and uncertain financial landscape for rural hospitals, the DeSoto Memorial Hospital board voted Thursday night to hear presentations on three competing proposals for the institution’s future. The options include a 49-year [...]
As deportations rise, Suncoast theater gives voice to immigrant fears and hopes
On Monday evening, Perla Avalos, 46, stood at a music stand in a small rehearsal room, practicing lines from a monologue of a local immigrant woman. Reading through round tortoise shell glasses, Avalos took [...]
ICE ‘detainers’ erode constitutional rights in Florida’s justice system, advocates warn
As the federal government mines local jails for undocumented people, immigrants increasingly face the reality that paying a bond does not guarantee their freedom. Instead of walking free, many who post bail are held [...]
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 on July 12, Oscar Romero Santos drove his red Ram truck toward the Bradenton home he shared with his wife. When he turned onto his [...]
Ella pagó su fianza. ICE lo atrapó. La odisea de una familia de Bradenton demuestra cómo las cárceles en Florida alimentan la ola de deportaciones. GalleryElla pagó su fianza. ICE lo atrapó. La odisea de una familia de Bradenton demuestra cómo las cárceles en Florida alimentan la ola de deportaciones.
Ella pagó su fianza. ICE lo atrapó. La odisea de una familia de Bradenton demuestra cómo las cárceles en Florida alimentan la ola de deportaciones.
Traducción por Aimée Barat Read in English here En la madrugada del 12 de julio, Oscar Romero Santos conducía su camioneta Ram roja hacia la casa que compartía con su esposa en Bradenton. Al [...]
