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Local government officials statewide are wary of plans by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Legislature to slash or abolish homestead property taxes, but one group of counties is particularly worried. They are Florida’s “fiscally constrained” counties: 29 mostly rural counties with small populations, few industries and lots of agricultural or conservation land — and therefore small tax bases.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades. That's according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. DeSantis relied on an executive order to seize the land, hire contractors and bypass laws and regulations. The emails show that local officials in southwest Florida were still trying to chase down a rumor about the sprawling "Alligator Alcatraz" facility planned for their county while state officials were already on the ground and sending vendors through the gates to coordinate construction. The detention center was designed to house thousands of migrants and went up in a matter of days.

According to the latest survey data the number of teens who say they’ve used e-cigarettes, or vaped, has increased considerably over the past year. Data…

While mounds of debris from Hurricane Helene still sit in front of many homes and businesses in Charlotte County, residents move quickly to do what they can to protect those homes and businesses.

Kids Tag Art program celebrates fifth grade students for 'outstanding' artwork.

Lee County Solid Waste will close the remaining public drop-off sites for Hurricane Ian storm debris at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the San Carlos Utility Site, 18078 Cypress Point Road, Fort Myers and at the Shell Factory, 2805 N. Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers.

Resident participation meetings throughout unincorporated Lee County and in municipalities are planned in August to receive public comment and input on the Draft Action Plan for the $1.1 billion Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

A Florida professor found that Collier County had the highest percentage in the state of African-Americans whose absentee ballots were invalidated in the…

Tonight's public meeting is about the Southeast Advanced Water Reclamation Facility (SEAWRF) Project, a Lee County Utilities project that will be built in the southeast part of the county off Alico Road.

Charlotte County Commission declared a state of emergency in the county Monday in response to tornado damage on Sunday.