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At the request of the Supervisors of Elections in Charlotte, Lee, and Sarasota counties, and at the recommendation of Secretary of State Cord Byrd, the Governor signed Executive Order 22-234, which will help ensure adequate access to Florida’s 2022 General Election ballot for the voters of Charlotte, Lee, and Sarasota counties.

Florida District Medical Examiners show 55 deaths in Lee County attributed to Hurricane Ian. There were 122 such deaths across the rest of Florida from the storm.

State data released last week showed that 776,941 insurance claims had been reported from Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in Southwest Florida in 2022 and crossed the state.

Florida's partnership with the Publix grocery store chain to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses is now expanding into Lee and Charlotte Counties.Beginning Thursday, Jan. 21, 32 Publix pharmacies throughout Lee County will begin offering vaccine doses to eligible people 65 and older, frontline medical workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities.Seven Publix locations in Charlotte County are also set to begin administering vaccine doses on Thursday. 16 Publix pharmacies in Collier County joined the vaccine rollout effort last week.

Local governments are in Florida are weighing in on the statewide abortion amendment ahead of the election

The panther's remains were found in Glades County. Five big cats have been killed by vehicles this year. Eighteen were killed last year, all but one by motorists.

By November 30, Lee County had collected nearly 4 million cubic yards of debris since Ian made landfall in late September, a record amount for any hurricane in the United States, but particularly here in Southwest Florida. It's possible that debris collection in Lee County will total 10 million cubic yards.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announces it is the largest county in the state to date to administer the vaccine at Publix locations.

One grocery store in a community of roughly 25,000 people. This community has a poverty rate of 32%. The majority of the population is either Black or Latino. The median household income is roughly $33,000 a year, just $7,000 above Florida’s federal poverty line.About 50 miles away in the same county, an affluent city bursts with life and luxury. The City of Naples has an average household income of $118,141 with a poverty rate of 8%.Social determinants of health are a major reason why people born in one part of Collier County are expected to live 15 years longer than those in other parts of the county, according to life expectancy estimates from the U.S. Census Tract and the National Center for Health Statistics.

The Lee County School Board’s effort to opt-out of state testing has hit a rough patch. However, anti-high stakes testing momentum has continued to grow…