Kara Newhouse | Suncoast Searchlight

About Kara Newhouse | Suncoast Searchlight

Kara Newhouse is Suncoast Searchlight’s investigative data reporter and has more than a decade of journalism experience in the U.S. and abroad. As a reporter in Pennsylvania, Kara’s investigation of a wealthy school district led to board member resignations, a more transparent superintendent search and the restoration of elementary art and music classes. It also won multiple state journalism awards. Kara hold a master’s degree from the University of Maryland, where she was a fellow at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and worked on investigations related to housing, high school sports, worker safety and the legacy of Jim-Crow-era lynchings. Prior to Suncoast Searchlight, Kara was an editor and podcast producer for a digital news outlet focused on education. Kara is originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and moved to Sarasota from Washington, DC. When not writing, she loves to run, hike and watch women’s sports. Reach Kara via email at kara@suncoastsearchlight.org

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By |2025-08-06T12:26:00-05:00May 16, 2025 5:59 am|DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Nearly half of Suncoast families can’t afford the basics, new report finds

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By |2025-08-06T12:28:06-05:00April 25, 2025 6:00 am|DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Mental health funding grew 157% since Parkland, but Suncoast schools still stretched

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Two Sarasota County Schools administrators disputed recent reporting on [...]

By |2025-08-06T12:30:59-05:00April 16, 2025 6:00 pm|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Sarasota Schools dispute reporting on mental health program — but records back it up

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Sarasota County Schools is ending a longstanding contract that [...]

By |2025-08-06T12:32:18-05:00April 4, 2025 9:29 am|Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Sarasota Schools to end on-campus therapy program that helped hundreds of kids

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Real estate developers are not the only ones in [...]

By |2025-08-06T12:35:03-05:00March 21, 2025 5:59 am|Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Developers aren’t alone. Greenbelt loophole tapped by Sarasota Orchestra, Mosaic and more

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A state loophole is costing Sarasota and Manatee counties millions [...]

By |2025-11-24T17:02:12-05:00February 28, 2025 6:00 am|Manatee, Sarasota, Suncoast|Comments Off on Sarasota, Bradenton developers score big tax breaks with “Rent-A-Cow” loophole
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