The School Board of Lee County approved the district’s tentative 2026-2027 budget of $3.1 billion Monday. The budget includes the general operating fund at $1,220,903,783; special revenue budget at $122,735,083; debt service budget at $137,272,163; capital outlay budget at $1,414,450,429 and ...
Proposals for a 60-room hotel at the former Silver Sands cottages, and a proposal for a restaurant, food trucks, tiki bar and entertainment at the former Wyndham Garden Inn, will be in front of the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council for their first hearings on Monday. The projects were both ...
Crescent Beach Family Park reopened on Fort Myers Beach this week, approximately six months after construction started. The $1.3 million Lee County project involves the planting of a new grassy area in the middle along with shade trees and shade structures. The project got off to a rocky ...
Early voting for the 2026 Primary Election starts this weekend throughout Lee County. Registered voters can begin casting their ballots at a myriad of sites on Saturday, Aug. 8, with the early voting period running through Aug. 15. Early voting sites will be open daily including on the ...
Calusa Waterkeeper will host its third annual “Taps Flow for H2O” on Saturday, Aug. 8, beginning at noon at Swamp Cat Brewery, 1943 Fowler St., in Fort Myers. The community event will feature craft beer, live music, games, giveaways and fundraising to support Calusa Waterkeeper’s work for ...
A circuit court judge has found the language for Florida’s touted “tax reform” amendment misleading and has given State Attorney General James Uthmeier 10 days to revise the ballot title or summary. “Simply put, the proposed ballot title does not state the basic legal purpose of the ...
In an abbreviated two-day special session on June 1-2 to discuss property tax reform, the Legislature passed the governor’s proposed state constitutional amendment to increase the existing property tax homestead exemption from the current $50,000 to an eventual $250,000. The amendment, which ...
Appropriately coinciding with the official start of hurricane season Gov. Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative session to push his “Save Our Homes From Excessive Property Taxes” plan to slash, if not eliminate, property taxes The State Legislature obliged, passing a ...