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Editorial | America 250

... “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a ...

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In newsroom jargon, we call stories that repeat annually “evergreens.” Some are welcome. Who doesn’t await rainy season? Others, not so much. “Kitten season” is among the latter. Yes, we have among us those who unabashedly call ourselves “pet parents” and the “kitten ...

Editorial | All politics are local

While we all — Republicans, Democrats, third party and those who claim no party alike — are watching the midterms, it is the local elections that matter most on many of the daily details of our everyday lives. From zoning and land use issues and what might be coming on that big vacant ...

United Way has a question for Southwest Floridians: Will you become One in a Million? Our local agency, representing Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, set a goal of raising $11.5 million, money it will use to help support more than 260 programs by assisting 92 partner agencies. The annual ...

It took an Americans With Disabilities Act request for accommodation but Cape Coral City Council has moved its time for public comment back to the beginning of its meetings. A Cape resident, who is a fully-disabled 81-year-old Vietnam veteran who recently lost his support dog, told the city ...

Appropriately coinciding with the official start of hurricane season Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for a special legislative session to push his “Save Our Homes” plan to slash property taxes. “Today in Tampa, I outlined the Save Our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes plan that will ...