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It is officially mosquito season here in southwest Florida. But, what we experience these days is nothing like what we’d experience if it weren’t for…

With Florida’s legislative session now in full swing, our series getting to know Southwest Florida’s freshman lawmakers continues with a conversation with…

Last month, Southwest Florida property owners began receiving Truth in Millage (TRIM) notices in the mail. The notices are an estimate of property taxes…

With Earth Day coming up April 22, we’ll take a look back at the history and evolution of this global event supporting and promoting environmental…

Sarasota has joined a growing number of cities and counties nationwide in its consideration of expanding rights to unmarried couples through the…

The former Neighborhood Watch volunteer acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a gun.

For 17 years as an Extension agent with the Florida Sea Grant program at University of Florida, Betty Staugler has been based at the UF/IFAS Extension’s Charlotte County office, helping coastal residents and people whose livelihoods depend on the marine ecosystem deal with issues including harmful algal blooms in southwest Florida.She's taking on a new role now as NOAA’s Harmful Algal Bloom Liaison, where her work will include developing new data-driven communication tools about harmful algal blooms to better serve decision-makers in addressing this growing concern.

The U.S. Census Bureau released its first data set from the 2020 census last week, with more detailed numbers expected at the end of September. This means states, including Florida, are beginning the process of drawing new congressional, and state legislative districts as required by the U.S. Constitution.Here in Florida it’s up to the state legislature to draw the new districts, and because of two 2010 amendments to the the state constitution passed by Florida voters — called the Fair Districts Amendments — new districts are supposed to establish "fairness," be "as equal in population as feasible" and use existing "city, county and geographical boundaries."We plan on following this process closely on this show, as the 2022 legislative session approaches. For starters we’re going to get a bit of a history lesson from the leader of the Fair Districts Coalition, which led the 2010 effort.

Florida’s Democratic candidates for governor faced off in their fourth primary debate July 18 at Florida Gulf Coast University. The debate was the first…