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We explore what the Sunshine Laws cover today and how people can exercise their right to access information about how their government and other public bodies operate with Tony Conticello, he is a Tallahassee-based attorney that specializes in Sunshine Law compliance.

Receiving dozens of frantic phone calls a day from people at their most desperate is a job that requires patience, training, and a particular temperament…

While the opioid epidemic continues to grow across southwest Florida, in Lee County overdoses increased by more than 800 percent over the past four years…

Arthur C. Brooks has spent the last two decades immersed in public policy analysis as the President of the American Enterprise Institute, and as an…

About 13 years ago Tamaqua Borough in Pennsylvania passed an ordinance prohibiting corporations from dumping waste sludge into open-pit mines by mandating…

Ten years ago this Sunday, on January 12th 2010, a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, with an epicenter about 15 miles west of…

Protests and marches continue to spread and grow across the country since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. They are happening in cities and towns in all 50 states, and in cities around the world.

Since 1970, the bird populations of North America have experienced a net loss of nearly 3 billion birds, and biologists say we are approaching "tipping points" that could fundamentally alter our ecosystems. More than one-fifth of native North American pollinators are at risk of extinction due to climate change, habitat loss, and pesticide use, including key species like monarch butterflies and various bumble bees that are declining even faster. While these large-scale problems might seem beyond the scope of what an individual can do in their own lives to help, a new campaign from Audubon Western Everglades called “Nature Where We Live” seeks to help people understand that the kinds of plants we use around our homes can make a real difference.

The Harry Chapin Food Bank in Fort Myers has been providing food for people in need across southwest Florida since 1983. Over the decades, it has faced trying times like during the great recession in 2008 and 2009; and during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. And now they’re facing another wave of challenges due to rising inflation and high fuel costs. We sit down with president & CEO, Richard LeBer, to get an update on how they’re handling these trying economic times and learn what people can do to help them in their mission.

Despite a period of extended drought, residents in Charlotte County are already gearing up for hurricane season.