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Sheriff seeking to add 24 new positions in proposed $181-million budget for 2024 fiscal year
Voter turnout above 80% anticipated for 2024 presidential election, Sarasota County supervisor of elections tells County Commission
Second malaria case detected in Sarasota County
Trying to build back up county’s Economic Uncertainty Reserve for potential economic downturn or major disaster, county commissioners asking constitutional officers to cut $4.5 million from their budgets
Mast adds only $1,000 to County Commission campaign ‘kitty’ in May
Benderson Park Conservancy to get an extra $200,000 from county starting in 2024 fiscal year
Over 34% of county land protected from development
With all of sand spread along South Siesta Beach Repair Project area, county staff estimating about one more week needed for completion of work
In update on affordable housing initiatives, County Commission advised of elements in state’s new Live Local Act
Sheriff’s Office investigating officer-involved shooting reported in Venice
Approximately 37,000 gallons of raw sewage spills during two incidents near Phillippi Creek in Sarasota
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