Alice Herman
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DeSantis appointee’s family complained about a teacher; Uthmeier called for her firing (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story was originally published by Suncoast Searchlight. The grandchild of a DeSantis appointee is at the center of complaints filed against a teacher who Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier accused last week of trying to “cancel” an eighth-grade boy over his political views. Uthmeier’s letter to the Superintendent of Sarasota County Schools — which he also posted on X — said his office had “been informed” that Pine View School history teacher Elizabeth Ballard had labeled
Sarasota School board flips to liberal majority after years of conservative control (opens the original)
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The story originally was published by Suncoast Searchlight. 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. Megan Tennimon and Beth Mayberry, the more progressive candidates in their respective nonpartisan races, went on to win their seats by more than 10 percentage points against candidates endorsed by the Republican Party. With school board members Tom Edw
DeSantis makes election day stop at Sarasota’s New College to push higher ed agenda (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story was originally published by Suncoast Searchlight. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop at New College of Florida in Sarasota on the day of the state’s primary election to defend his record on higher education and tout his efforts to root out “woke” curricula. DeSantis, who is not up for reelection, appeared Tuesday alongside a lineup of state officials, New College President Richard Corcoran and U.S. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education David Barker. The pan
Grandmothers, landscapers, even kids, swept into Florida’s shadowy immigration database (opens the original)
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When a Manatee County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over Jean Gustave in September, the 45-year-old Haitian man had temporary protected status, offering him legal protection from detention and deportation. An investigation by Matthew Blackwell, the deputy who pulled him over for an alleged tag violation, later found no probable cause. Gustave was not charged or arrested that night. But authorities kept him on the side of the road in Bradenton as they snapped his photo, took down his personal informati
DeSoto approves data center moratorium, but controversial project can advance (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This report was originally published by the Suncoast Searchlight. DeSoto County commissioners approved a one-year moratorium on data centers Tuesday, but it won’t apply to rezoning applications tied to an 800-plus-acre data center project proposed earlier this year. The unanimous vote by four commissioners — the fifth recused himself — follows months of intense public opposition to a proposed data center project, which the county had supported and sought to fast-track through a sp
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