WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez is headed to Camp Blanding, where the governor wants to open a second camp to concentrate immigrant detainees. Ahead of his trip, Lopez brings us the latest news of this project.

Next: FPL wants to bury more power cables in Sarasota. That’s safer and more reliable after storms, but it’s costly, too. Noah Vinsky checks who will pay the bill.

Then: Thursday was Good Trouble Day, in memory of civil rights icon John Lewis. In Sarasota, it was a group of veterans who made the biggest noise. Mason Chambless has that report.

Then: The Florida Department of Transportation wants cities to paint over rainbow crosswalks. What will the City of Sarasota do with its Pride display on Cocoanut and Second? Kylee Worth reports.

Next: A Sarasota pastor connected to local political figures uses harsh anti-queer language, describes his political opponents as demonic, and portrays the country as on the precipice of war. Suncoast Searchlight brings us this report.

A 20-year old man who grew up in Southwest Florida and ran an ice cream shop in Tampa was killed in the West Bank. His death created an international incident, and two local events are ahead this week.

Next: The big budget bill signed by President Trump on July 4th comes at a cost for hundreds of thousands of Floridians. Reece Helmick is looking at the effects of the new budget on health insurance.

Then: New College presented its updated campus master plan yesterday. Reece Helmick has the details.

Then: After 31 years, Rick Piccolo is leaving the helm of the Sarasota airport to a successor. We looked at the new guy’s compensation, and his tasks ahead.

Finally: Running in a legal gray zone, some 20 gambling dens are operating in Sarasota and Manatee County. Suncoast Searchlight and the Bradenton Herald teamed up on this investigative report.

The Sarasota-based Southwest Florida Planned Parenthood is no more. After a merger with the other regional chapter in Florida, it’s now part of a bigger, statewide organization. Kylee Worth looks at the costs and benefits.

Then: The Sarasota County utility chief is pushing back, after an investigative report revealed neglect ahead of historic flooding last year. A new Suncoast Searchlight report responds to Spencer Anderson’s responses.

Next: The panel making recommendations about the future of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall reached its verdict, and Gretchen Cochran reports.

Finally: Storms and flooding are costly, and real estate is slowing. And that means counties, cities and towns in the region are facing tighter budgets. Noah Vinsky puts the spotlight on Sarasota County’s biggest city, whose voters just said ‘no’ to more borrowing.

Within just three years, Sarasota County will be facing a deficit, if spending continues to grow as it has. One of the biggest drivers has been the Sheriff’s Office, as a Suncoast Searchlight report points out.

Then: The county committed to helping build an indoor sports arena. How will they pay for it? Shuffling tourism tax revenues, as WSLR reporter Ozzie Konez found.

Next: A developer from Naples is trying to leverage a new state law to go big and tall in downtown Sarasota. Ramon Lopez has the details.

Then: Within barely a week of creating its new stormwater department, Sarasota County found the flood czar to head it. Ramon Lopez gets the inside track from the county administrator.

Finally: It’s reboot time for Sarasota’s city manager search. WSLR News reporter Kylee Worth is following the journey.

Donald Trump was expected to sign the big budget reconciliation bill on Fourth of July, and its Medicaid cuts are not good news for an already troubled MCR Health. That’s the biggest local provider of healthcare services to low-income and underinsured patients.

Then: In Manatee County, tensions are rising between big developers and a new set of county commissioners elected to rein in their power. Noah Vinsky reports.

Next: The state legislature and governor just passed major restrictions on citizen-led constitutional amendment drives. The Florida Clean Water campaign suspended signature collections. The grassroots initiative is still hanging in there, but organizers say they need a miracle to get the signatures the state requires to get on the ballot. Reece Helmick has that report.

Finally: It’s Pride Month. But for aging LGBTQ people who have gone through criminalization, AIDS, and discrimination, the new political environment looks eerily like a bad past. We have a Suncoast Searchlight report.

The damage to hundreds of homes in Sarasota after Tropical Storm Debby was not just the result of an epic natural disaster, but of neglect. That’s according to a joint investigation by Suncoast Searchlight and the Florida Trident.

Then: It’s reshuffle time for Sarasota County stormwater management, after last year’s flooding. Ramon Lopez is keeping track.

Next: Lulu Martinez is a danger to her community, a judge ruled, and that’s why she continues to be stuck in an ICE detention camp in Texas, rather than return home to North Port. Ramon Lopez reports.

Then: A Sarasota company has helped in the construction of “Alligator Alcatraz”, and that’s caused a firestorm. Mason Chambless reports.

Finally: It’s one more meeting, after all, before the Purple Ribbon Committee will let the Sarasota City Commission know what we should do with the Van Wezel.

The board of New College met on Thursday to talk about finances, amid growing enrollment. There was no discussion about murky accounting at the foundation that supports the college.

Then: Martin Hyde is a gadfly or worse to some. But few people doubt that he is an astute observer of local politics, a fiscal conservative, and a Republican. In an interview on WSLR’s The Detail, he made some observations about New College.

Next: Turning Point USA, the conservative student group, will hold its national meeting in Tampa in July.

Then: Lulu Martinez made a wrong u-turn in North Port and ended up in an ICE detention camp in Texas. Meanwhile, charges over her traffic violation are piling up here at home. Our reporter caught up with her lawyer, as Lulu will be facing two court hearings next week.

Finally: Remember the wilted grass, bushes and trees after the flooding during last year’s storm season? Our reporter talked to an expert on how to prepare your yard for the next floods.

For the first time, Sarasota Schools are recognizing the district is facing a financial crisis. In an email to employees, the superintendent announced a hiring freeze. WSLR reporter Noah Vinsky has the details.

Next: Local politics are not going Pat Neal’s way. The Manatee County Commission gave the heavyweight of local developers a red light on a project that’s at the core of Neal’s new business strategy.

Then: Street protests are not exactly a long-standing tradition for the 105-year old League of Women Voters. But the Sarasota chapter of the non-partisan organization is taking to the streets, in response to what they call a constitutional crisis.

Last but not least: Listen up cowgirls- and boys! The Great Florida Cattle Drive is returning this January, and WSLR reporter Ramon Lopez has the details.

For tens of thousands of homeowners in Sarasota and Manatee their annual tax bill includes more assessments by developers and their homeowners association than taxes to local governments. A Suncoast Searchlight report sheds light on these hidden costs of living in Florida.

Then: In the wake of the Minnesota assassinations, our reporter Kylee Worth interviewed anti-abortion picketers in Sarasota.

Next: Only four percent of Planned Parenthood’s services are abortions. WSLR News reporter Ishmael Katz has a look at the other 96 percent - and new programs they are adding.

Finally: Controversies are swirling around the existing and future performing arts center in Sarasota. But a lot is happening in the emerging park around that building. WSLR Gretchen Cochran takes us on a stroll through the Bay Park.

The Florida Legislature agreed on a budget Monday. Among the losers: The governor’s property tax cuts, New College’s expansion plans, and land preservation.

Then: The No Kings demonstrations in this area were the biggest this year. But one speaker at the Sarasota protest said the real work lies ahead. Klaus Obermeit has that story.

Next: An immigrants’ rights protest in Bradenton on Monday was followed by a picket at the Sarasota-Bradenton airport early Wednesday. Mason Chambless reports.

Finally: Dancers are quitting the Sarasota Ballet in droves. A Suncoast Searchlight report looks behind the scenes at the Asolo Theatre.