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On your ballot is a state constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The Argus Foundation strongly urges you to vote no and support our local seniors, families and small businesses.

The community needs to be aware that help is available in recovering from the coronavirus. If you suffered loss as a result of COVID-19, whether as a business or individual, you should apply. If you applied before and abandoned your application, you should look at...

“We’ve reached D-Day. We can’t wait any longer. You need to make some decisions and get this money out to the community,” said Christine Robinson, a former commissioner and now executive director of the Argus Foundation.

“One thing you didn’t see is how distraught and emotionally paralyzed business owners and individuals are,” said Christine Robinson, a former county commissioner and executive director of the Argus Foundation, a business group, told commissioners on Thursday. The...

“Please tell your neighbors that they need to take the time to look at this program. They must start right away, and make sure their applications are as complete and accurate as possible, as our community does not have a lot of time.”

The Argus Foundation is very proud to present Meet the Minds: Sarasota City Commission Districts 1 & 2 Zoom Candidate Forum. In a time where candidates are having difficulties getting their messages out and social distancing is preventing the handshakes, face to...

We need some aggressive elected local fiscal policy hawks to really look at these budgets with an eye towards helping the economy and those who are suffering, while at the same time preventing raising a tax burden on those who have drained their savings, and making...

"The community has experienced drastic job loss and economic disruption. This funding is crucial to our economic recovery and every priority should be made to push these funds directly to the people who need it, and it isn’t government."