Leader of Sarasota trust company and former FDIC chair reveals retirement plans.
Bill Isaac Announces Retirement After Decades in Banking Bill Isaac, a prominent banking figure and public servant with a career that included heading the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the 1980s, has shared news of his retirement. His recent work involved assisting in the growth of Sarasota Trust Company. Isaac has lived in a […]
Live updates: Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Sarasota, as Florida sees flooding and tornadoes
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key Wednesday night as the National Weather Service issued a storm warning for the Tampa area. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said at an earlier press conference that Milton was “in the process of making landfall” as a Category 3 storm. Milton's landfall was preceded by flooding and multiple […]
Ron DeSantis touts Florida’s education system, slams woke academia in Sarasota address
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday addressed a crowd at New College of Florida in Sarasota, touting the state’s educational achievements and reforms and blasting the “woke” stranglehold on academia. “I don’t know any other state that has done more to reform and improve education in the last five and a half years. … We […]