Sarasota

Residents seemed equal parts enthusiastic about the investments being made in their Sarasota community but skeptical about how this promised change could attract outside developers.

More than 100 unhoused people are affected by a Sarasota zoning dispute that has forced a church to suspend some of its services.

After years of financial losses, new leaders are working toward balanced budgets as they try to raise $500,000, for renovations at Payne Park Auditorium.

The Live Local Act was pitched as a way to fast-track affordable housing near urban centers by cutting through red tape to build large-scale apartment developments.

The 43-page report at the center of the dispute was commissioned by Sarasota County Schools and completed in April by the law firm Hultman + Joshi. It concluded the district failed to properly handle three separate complaints of teacher misconduct at Riverview High School.

Officials discussed options for fixing the parking division’s projected shortfall of about $2.6 million by 2028.

In 1995, The Ringling Museum received a treasure trove of German archival documents found in the family home of Ringling’s art dealer. Two Ringling alums followed the clues.

The Sarasota County Commission approved $32 million in stormwater projects Tuesday to help prevent future floods at Bahia Vista, St. Armands and Celery Fields following the severe storms in 2024.

A Sarasota parking open house meant to ease months of frustration instead erupted into boos, shouting and accusations that residents had been misled about the meeting’s format.

Sarasota’s St. Armands parking garage has fallen far short of the revenue projections used to justify the project, leaving the city’s parking division struggling to cover the debt tied to it and contributing to a financial crisis now rippling across the city’s parking system.

The next Sarasota County School board will see a liberal-leaning majority take control after voters rejected the conservative policies and culture wars that for years dominated the board.

More than 100 paid ads have targeted Sarasota voters with claims presented as fact, paid for by LGAI and a second anonymous Wyoming entity, US Polling Research. None of the ads carried the disclaimer required by Florida law for political messages created with artificial intelligence.