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Lee commissioners see 'ugly' deficits with budget cut likely if Amendment 3 passes
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (495+ words) Lee County commissioners will have to cut $121 million from the budget in 2027-28 and $159 million the following year if Amendment 3 passes in November. County commissioners received the news and were given a list of options about how they could offset those…...
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Study: Rising seas can dampen job opportunities throughout Gulf Coast including Southwest Florida
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (258+ words) Researchers compared sea-level rise with jobs in 26 coastal counties, including Collier and Lee, and found higher water levels can do more than damage homes and roads during floods over time: It can also cause fewer jobs, fewer businesses, and slower…...
A celebration Florida's grit, it's history and a famed cowboy, the late Pete Clemons, is on tap this weekend
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (215+ words) The belly of Florida is the heart of cattle country where ranching traditions run deep and the roar of the crowd rises with the dust when the rodeo comes to town. Such will be the case this weekend in Okeechobee....
House Democrats call for Uthmeier impeachment
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (577+ words) TALLAHASSEE - House Democrats want to impeach Attorney General James Uthmeier for his role in the diversion of $10 million in a settlement over Medicaid overpayments that was routed into political committees he controlled. The committees opposed two measures on the November…...
Settlement provides Florida communities with 5.67 million eggs | WGCU News | PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (392+ words) Florida will be getting 5.67 million eggs courtesy of a multi-state lawsuit of egg producers for coordinating benchmark manipulation and unlawfully raising egg prices. Florida's attorney general joined the commissioner of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as well…...
Gulf Coast Cooling opens Protect Your Home sweepstakes, offers free plumbing for a year, new AC unit, more
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (166+ words) WGCU At WGCU, we believe our stories should be accessible to all. We are aligning our digital platforms with ADA standards. If this content isn’t working, contact [email protected] or (239) 590-2500. Gulf Coast Cooling opens Protect Your Home sweepstakes, offers free plumbing…...
BREAKING: Public wins access to Ziegler investigation records as appeals court reverses secrecy order
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (606+ words) Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal Wednesday reversed a Sarasota circuit court ruling that had barred the public from seeing records gathered by the Sarasota Police Department during its 2023 criminal investigation of Christian Ziegler, the former chair of the Republican…...
Southwest Florida Enterprise Center Business Expo shines light on small businesses
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (563+ words) Over 40 small business owners came together last week for a business expo at the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center in the Dunbar neighborhood of Fort Myers. The purpose of the event was for new entrepreneurs to showcase their products and services,…...
Frenchies Die of Heatstroke: Pet owner wants oversight and regulations of dog daycare centers
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (1029+ words) Tonya Bostick’s two French bulldogs went to Doggie Queen’s Pet Palace healthy and happy. Within a few hours, Blu and Bruno were dead. The dogs suffered heat stroke, not an uncommon cause of death among flat-face (brachycephalic) dogs like boxers,…...