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While in Sarasota Wednesday, Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran touted the news he announced the day prior: Florida was again ranked fourth in the nation for K-12 student achievement, according to Education Week’s Quality Counts 2019 report. Corcoran...
Corcoran shared the reasons for his letter on Wednesday afternoon, after an event hosted by the Argus Foundation. He appeared for the organization’s final “Meet the Minds” event of 2019.
The need for economic development and opportunity is great here in Sarasota County. While business may be booming, the next recession is always right around the corner. Are we prepared for it? The answer is no, we aren’t even taking good care of our economic...
“Safe and secure elections are truly the bedrock of our democracy so it is critical to us as elections officials,” Lee told a group gathered at Michael’s On East for The Argus Foundation event.
NORTH VENICE, Fla. – PGT Innovations (NYSE: PGTI), a national leader in the premium window and door category, recently completed its “Storm Out Summer Hunger” initiative and donated more than 1,900 pounds of food to community food banks located near the company’s five...
Ron Ciaravella never thought he would be in a place where he could award scholarships, but on Aug. 1 he handed out six $1,000 scholarships to rising college freshmen from the Sarasota area. Owner of Dolphin Aviation, an aviation services company, Ciaravella began the...
This year has been a significant one for Sarasota County in terms of debt, refinancing, and interest rates. It isn’t a sexy topic; in fact, the news rarely highlights it. But it is a year of achievement and savings, which is a big reason why our millage rate remains...
