But in a rare move for the benefit of the public, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 1622 this spring, repealing HB ...

With SNAP benefits paused during the federal shutdown, here’s where to find free meals, groceries, and support—and how to ...

Sarasota exploded during the frenzied Roaring ’20s, when dreamers, adventurers and get-rich-quick land speculators thought ...

From the elegant Fountain Room at the El Vernona Hotel to an eight-course dinner for 75 cents, there was something for every ...

Built in 1926, the Mediterranean Revival-style building was the county’s first integrated elementary school in 1962. Now ...

Ringling planned to turn the tiny, isolated archipelago into a grandiose European-style residential and shopping destination.

The results left Sarasota with a built environment that was theatrical and forever marked by the speculative optimism that ...

Even before the land boom hit Sarasota, world-renowned orthopedic surgeon Fred Albee saw the potential for development in ...

But the very inequities meant to contain the Black community spurred a parallel world—self-sustaining, rooted and determined ...

The rental project breaks ground as Sarasota-Bradenton leads the nation in new apartment construction, even as vacancies ...

A Mediterranean Revival-style building that was the home of the city’s first newspaper and is now Sage Restaurant. 1216 First St. 61 N. Pineapple Ave. Now the Sarasota Opera House, this Mediterranean ...

Promises of paradise, get-rich-quick promotions, buying, developing and reselling are the threads that weave throughout the entirety of the Sunshine State’s history, including Sarasota’s.