Danya Harpster

A staggering 64 percent of Collier County public school employees who took part in a survey say they fear they will have to leave their jobs because of lack of affordable housing.

Last year's overnight raid by the Collier commissioners of 10s of millions of dollars from the Conservation Collier fund enraged citizens.

Hearing on proposed changes to begin at 10:30 Tuesday morning. No vote will be taken but it may be the public's last chance to weigh in.

Immokalee farmworkers and others championing causes to end the abuses farmworkers have suffered in the fields carried their message of resistance and hope across the state to Palm Beach this weekend.The first-ever Farmworker Freedom Festival began Friday and continues through Sunday celebrating farmworker culture as well as the gains of the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers Fair Food program.

The three-day festival will be held on the island of Palm Beach starting March 8

It's an issue county leaders and the public have grappled with for decades: Single-member vs. at-large

The Lee County school district is passing out newly-branded stickers for classrooms designated as a Safe Space for students. But, there is something missing from this new batch in the a time of what appears to be never-ending culture wars in Florida. Noticeably absent from the new safe space stickers are the bright burst of colors associated with LGBTQ issues. Also absent are the words, “This is a safe space for ALL including all genders, all orientations.”Instead of rainbow colors, the subdued stickers in shades of blue and orange simply say, SAFE SPACE for all.The district said it will not be telling teachers to remove the rainbow-flag colored Safe Space stickers, but it is merely offering up a secondary sticker should they chose to replace the old ones.

In a stunning turn of events, strict policy changes that would have banned a classroom banner with a "HATE HAS NO HOME HERE" message failed to pass by the school board.

Naples voters have been getting text messages and at first glance it appears as if they are coming from the Supervisor of Elections Office. They are not.

"Health Freedom" backers dominate discussion on fluoride. Collier Commission votes to stop adding it to water