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Transportation

As development booms, Sarasota County faces $1.7B transportation shortfall

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During a special county commission workshop, staff planners outlined nearly $2.3 billion in transportation infrastructure needs over the next 13 years. But with only $573 million in projected revenue to pay for it, Sarasota County now faces a $1.7 billion shortfall.
Investigation

Sarasota’s property appraiser is moving millions from AI moguls to support Byron Donalds

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Sarasota County Property Appraiser Bill Furst chairs a political committee that has moved millions of dollars from wealthy supporters of artificial intelligence, including the co-founder of Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT, to Byron Donalds’ candidacy for Florida governor.