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Sarasota County Seeks Stormwater Rate Increase, but Audit Finds Millions Available

New Stormwater Director Ben Quartermaine, who has proposed raising annual rates by more than one-fourth, on average—but the recommendation contradicts a newly released audit

09/05/2025 By Derek Gilliam/Suncoast Searchlight and Michael Barfield/Florida Trident

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Sarasota’s Performing Arts Center Stalls as Other Major Cultural Projects Race Forward

The performing arts center's future is tangled in politics, environmental concerns and slow fundraising.

08/20/2025 By Derek Gilliam/Suncoast Searchlight