Episode 314: WSLR News Fri. Jan. 10, 2025: $210m HUD disaster grant; bilingual school; transparent Manatee County Commission; immigrant forum

Sarasota County announced another $200 million-plus federal grant to help with storm recovery. The HUD funds will bail out many distressed homeowners here, and most of the money is supposed to help low- and moderate income households. Then: The first fully bilingual school in the region is expanding, and Dayana Melendez has the details. Next: The Manatee County Commission has a new chairman who wants to be transparent. He took his aspirations for a test-run in the first meeting under his gavel. Next: Immigration and immigrants have become a political and emotional punching bag. A forum in Sarasota wants to bring back the human angle.