OUR POSITION: The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office offers a new program that could help locate members of a family who wander from home and have challenges communicating.
OUR POSITION: Success in the north, but South County still lacking for services.
OUR POSITION: Congress must act to curb harassment by cellphone.
OUR POSITION: The public is best served when government notices are printed in newspapers and placed online. Rep. Randy Fine’s bill to eliminate publishing public notices in newspapers is just a slap at the press.
OUR POSITION: We can grouse over the details how a hurricane shelter for Charlotte County will be paid for and how and when the bill was presented in the Legislature, but the need is too great to risk losing the opportunity.
OUR POSITION: Principal Lou Long uses controversial decision to reform decision-making with emphasis on inclusion and respect for diverse perspectives.
OUR POSITION: Pending final approval, the North Port Police Department will equip officers with body cameras.
OUR POSITION: Same old story, state lawmakers turn sights on local government.
OUR POSITION: Efficiencies, yes. But South County isn’t feeling feeling the love from the Sheriff’s Office.
OUR POSITION: Lip-synch video goes viral. For good reason.
OUR POSITION^p: Rep. Mike Grant’s bill stripping local governments of most all control over business regulations goes a little too far.^p
OUR POSITION: Newspapers continue to do their job holding governments and leaders accountable while providing a lifeblood of information to members of a community.
Could this be the last year Floridians set their clocks ahead an hour on the second Sunday in March?
A bill recently approved by the Senate Health Policy committee could cost more than 11,000 Floridians — and their health care providers.
OUR POSITION: Renovation plans proceed at local attraction.
OUR POSITION: Online services, phone apps and the like bring people closer to public services.
OUR POSITION: Diversity, controversy, respect. A teachable moment.
OUR POSITION: The day of reckoning is approaching in Sarasota County, one way or another.
Editorial from Tampa Bay Times.
OUR POSITION: It is imperative that Charlotte County commissioners bite the bullet and raise impact fees on new construction to head off an expected shortfall in income.
OUR POSITION: Pending final approval, the North Port Police Department will equip officers with body cameras.
OUR POSITION: Same old story, state lawmakers turn sights on local government.
OUR POSITION: Efficiencies, yes. But South County isn’t feeling feeling the love from the Sheriff’s Office.
OUR POSITION: Lip-synch video goes viral. For good reason.
OUR POSITION^p: Rep. Mike Grant’s bill stripping local governments of most all control over business regulations goes a little too far.^p
OUR POSITION: Newspapers continue to do their job holding governments and leaders accountable while providing a lifeblood of information to members of a community.
Could this be the last year Floridians set their clocks ahead an hour on the second Sunday in March?
A bill recently approved by the Senate Health Policy committee could cost more than 11,000 Floridians — and their health care providers.
OUR POSITION: Renovation plans proceed at local attraction.
OUR POSITION: Online services, phone apps and the like bring people closer to public services.
OUR POSITION: Diversity, controversy, respect. A teachable moment.
OUR POSITION: The day of reckoning is approaching in Sarasota County, one way or another.
Editorial from Tampa Bay Times.
OUR POSITION: It is imperative that Charlotte County commissioners bite the bullet and raise impact fees on new construction to head off an expected shortfall in income.
OUR POSITION: Rep. Mike Grant is preparing for a busy legislative session in Tallahassee by filing two bills that would be critical for our area.
OUR POSITION: The Next Big Thing in …
OUR POSITION: Finally, road relief.
OUR POSITION: The Legislature under former Gov. Rick Scott short funded state prisons for years and the neglect has caught up.
OUR POSITION: It’s time for Florida to move forward into the 21st century with a realistic monetary threshold for felony theft crimes.
Congress and the White House avoided another debacle with this month’s budget agreement that averted an impending government shutdown. But the deal failed to address one key need — the slogging effort by residents and businesses in the Florida Panhandle to recover from Hurricane Michael.