Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth is forecasting millage rate hikes if a state referendum to increase the homestead property tax exemption up from $50,000 to $250,000 passes in November. While the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District Board of Fire Commissioners approved Wirth’s ...
Lee County Parks & Recreation is scheduled to reopen Crescent Beach Family Park on Fort Myers Beach this morning following the completion of a restoration project that rebuilt and enhanced the beachfront park after damage caused by Hurricane Ian. The $1.3 million project restored the ...
Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-Naples), former Florida Speaker of the House Paul Renner, three of the leading contenders to be the next governor of Florida and succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, recently spoke with Breeze Newspapers ahead of the ...
An arrest report from the Florida Highway Patrol filed with Lee County Court details how officers took a man sought in a St. Petersburg homicide into custody following a wild shootout after a standoff on I-75 that shut the highway down for hours outside of Fort Myers last Wednesday. The ...
The Libertarian Party of Lee County will hold two forums in the upcoming weeks to provide a platform for 2026 Candidates and School Board Candidates to address the community. With a school board meeting scheduled on Monday, Aug. 3, the Libertarian Party of Lee County aims to engage with ...
State troopers took a man sought in a St. Petersburg homicide into custody following a standoff on I-75 that shut the highway down outside of Fort Myers Wednesday, and which has widely been reported to have involved guns being fired. The Florida Highway Patrol has released little information ...
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 ...