Our View: A study on the financial fallout from a Wellen Park deannexation from North Port suggests the outcome could be detrimental to both sides.
Our View: The Florida Legislature is halfway home in its 2021 session and is still fixated on attacking home rule while ignoring problems that…
OUR POSITION: The potential for an environmental disaster at the Piney Point phosphate mining site should have never existed.
Our View: Christian or not, let the Easter message resonate in your life. There is always hope and hope has won out.
OUR POSITION: Changes Republicans in the Florida Legislature want to make to voting laws just don’t make sense.
Our View: A new study should prove to Florida’s Legislature why they should keep their hands off Sadowski funds — the state’s bank account for…
OUR POSITION: An Ocala legislator wants to give the state the right to tell students who qualify for Bright Futures scholarship what courses to take.
OUR POSITION: It’s encouraging, to say the least, that a report on the impact of Sarasota County’s First Step Behavioral Health Response Team …
Our View: We can’t get ahead of ourselves in trying to vaccinate the whole state against COVID-19.
OUR POSITION: Gov. Ron DeSantis is high on his accomplishments and those of the Legislature and he has a right to brag a little.
OUR POSITION: In Gov. Ron DeSantis’ State of the State address to open the legislative session Tuesday, he outlined what is good about Florida…
Turning 75 isn’t necessarily noteworthy in a city in which it’s barely higher than the average age.
OUR POSITION: The Sarasota County, Charlotte County and DeSoto County sheriff’s offices did their own jail inspections last year. We think tha…
One of the great things about living in the U.S. is that our city and county governments are required to keep their citizens informed about th…
OUR POSITION: The pandemic has disrupted any semblance of a normal school year and, in light of that, the state needs to cut school districts …
OUR POSITION: The state is doing too little to help people get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Venice City Council’s decision to reject yet another rezoning request for the proposed Murphy Oaks development may have opened up a can of…
Our View: Lawmakers in Tallahassee are on a path to punish newspapers for aggressive journalism by robbing them of a significant source of revenue.
Our View: If anyone had doubts about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers keeping the championship city’s image alive the National Football League champs …
Our View: There are guidelines that we should follow to keep any Super Bowl gatherings less likely to become coronavirus hot beds.
Our View: It’s not a big surprise, yet it is comforting to know Florida’s two powerful Republican senators don’t want oil and gas drilling off…
OUR POSITION: Our tri-county area continues to struggle with solutions to build more affordable housing.
Our View: All football fans should be proud of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ victory over the Green Bay Packers that sets up a historic Super Bowl LV.
It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. However, the impact on newspapers hasn’t be…
OUR POSITION: The region is among the oldest in terms of population in the state of Florida and we are not getting our needed doses of the COV…
OUR POSITION: Sarasota Republican Sen. Joe Gruters has always impressed us with his thoughtful approach to issues. That’s why his plans to spe…
Christmas is over, right?
What happened in our nation’s Capitol Wednesday has been well documented through the media.
