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Discover the powerful effect hummingbirds have over their wild neighbors in Costa Rica.

The state currently bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That will drop to six weeks, with a few exceptions — a timetable that abortion rights advocates say is hard to meet

Now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, teachers fear it will muzzle speech and further stigmatize LGBTQ youth.

Transportation has become the leading source of carbon emissions in the U.S., according to the latest data. Trucks and SUVs account for 66 percent of...

Florida’s new Halo Law, the controversial statute intended to protect law enforcement from harassment, went into effect at the start of this year. Now the first people arrested and prosecuted under it say they were left in the dark.At least eleven people so far have been arrested on charges of violating the new law, which bans people from being within 25 feet of a police officer, firefighter or paramedic at the scene of an incident, according to a statewide survey of the latest criminal violations by Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.

After experiencing a heavy hit from hurricanes Helene andMilton, Gulf Coast citizens aged 65 and older have had a difficult time recovering. Many of Florida’s older residents live in retirement communities with manufactured homes, which are easily destroyed during a storm. And many are also on a fixed income and hurricane damage tests the limits of their already inflation-strained budgets. Senior citizens have physical limitations, and many have disabilities that prevent them from being able to evacuate or take care of themselves during a storm. Senior citizens living alone often have nowhere to turn during a crisis.

Florida passed in 2023 one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, and now businesses struggle to find workers in several sectors of the economy

Karen P. Moore, Founder/Owner/Publisher, SWFL Business Today listened in on a panel of experts discussing the growth path for Southwest Florida, especially now after Hurricane Ian. The panel included Nelson Taylor with LSI Companies, Neale Montgomery with the Pavese Law Firm, Rob Price with the Lee County Planning Department, and Alexis Crespo with RVi Planning.

The National Flood Insurance Program is in trouble. After paying claims to cover damages from storms like Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in...

In a follow-up to an earlier “Moore About Business” segment regarding how the Lee County American Rescue Plan Act (or ARPA) funds were put to use, columnist Karen Moore spoke with Lee Ford, Managing Partner of SW Florida Impact Partners, which is a local nonprofit organization seeking to create healthy communities of economic opportunity throughout our region.