Episode 261: WSLR News Fri., June 14, 2024: Sarasota childcare funding cuts; Medicare Advantage trap; New College tenure fight; ruling against Venice grassroots group

Affordable and quality childcare is increasingly hard to come by. Businesses complain the lack of it makes for higher staff turnover. Even so, Sarasota County commissioners voted 4-1 to cut funding for one of the biggest childcare providers in the area. WSLR reporter Tyler Oldano is looking at the fallout. Then: Thousands of low-income seniors may end up on the streets, if HUD housing management companies continue a new practice to calculate income. WSLR reporter Victoria Kasdan talked to one HUD tenant who fell into the Medicare trap. Next: On Thursday, the New College board of Trustees approved tenure for two professors - ignoring the objections of faculty and their union. The board also approved version 2.0 of a long-term business plan for the small public campus. Florence Fahringer was there. Finally: The score is developer Pat Neal 1, grassroots opponents zero. A judge ruled on Thursday in a case filed by neighbors against the City of Venice over a commercial development, as Ramon Lopez reports.