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Biden has offered to slash his initial proposal by $550 billion. But the lead Senate Republican negotiator says it's still "well above the range of what can pass Congress with bipartisan support."

A decision in a Collier County case involving an injunction to prevent the county's school board from signing a contract with a newly named superintendent will be made, "as soon as I can," the judge said Thursday.

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County lifted water quality advisories for the following locations:Residents Beach 130 S. Collier Blvd. Marco IslandTiger Tail Beach 480 Hernando Dr. Marco IslandSouth Marco Beach 930 S. Collier Blvd. Marco Island

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County issued water quality advisories for the following locations:Residents Beach 130 S. Collier Blvd. Marco IslandTiger Tail Beach 480 Hernando Dr. Marco IslandSouth Marco Beach 930 S. Collier Blvd. Marco Island

A water main break on Collier Boulevard Wednesday occurred when a contractor bored through the 24-inch water main. Repair crews are on the scene. Repairs are expected to take 12 to 14 hours.

A number of projects across Florida, including several in Southwest and South regions, will share in $311 million disbursed by the state Thursday.Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the funding, earmarked for infrastructure repair in 37 Florida communities at a briefing at the Sebring Airport Thursday.

Nearly 4,000 acres in Collier and Hendry counties are part of a nearly 35,000-acre package of what is labeled as critical conservation land approved for protection Wednesday.Additionally, approval of a permanent agricultural land conservation easement for a nearly 4,000-acre area in Charlotte County will help support Southwest Florida’s water resources.The approval came via Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet through the Florida Forever Program and legislative appropriations, marking a significant step in preserving the state’s natural heritage.

School grades for the 2022-23 school year were released by the Florida Department of Education on Monday with Collier and Sarasota counties posting the only 'A' grades among Southwest Florida districts.As a part of Florida’s first-in-the-nation transition to using progress monitoring instead of traditional high stakes testing, grades for the 2022-2023 school year serve as a baseline and carry no negative consequences.

On Sept. 14, 2023, in the outskirts of Naples, a chain of timed explosions tore through limestone rock on farm land owned by West Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene, rattling nearby homes in Golden Gates Estates to their core. “The house shook like a pirate ship on rough open seas,” recalled Robert Dixon, one of the homeowners affected. “I immediately went out to look at the walls, and I saw cracks.” Dixon complained about the damage to Quality Enterprises, the mining company that has a deal with Greene to excavate thousands of tons of limestone from the property at 16000 Immokalee Road where Greene ultimately plans to build a mammoth residential development on the nearly 2,800-acre property.