In Southwest Florida, one in six children and one in eight adults face food insecurity. No one should have to wonder where their next meal will come from — yet in our community, children go to bed hungry, and adults struggle with the physical, mental and economic challenges that come with ...
In Southwest Florida, we talk a lot about respecting our elders. But talk is cheap. If we truly honored the generations who built our communities, we’d stop taxing them out of the homes they’ve worked a lifetime to own. Across the region — from Naples and Fort Myers to Sarasota and ...
To the editor: The United States Postal Service proudly provides mail delivery for local businesses and residents. As a 250-year-old self-funded institution, we remain committed to this mission. Unfortunately, proposed legislation in Congress — H.R. 672 and H.R. 3095 — threatens to ...
To the editor: Aug. 18, 2025, marked the 105th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Day. This day commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted many American women the right to vote. Women’s suffrage was a hard-fought milestone. Yet, despite this accomplishment, the path ...
To the editor: Taxpayer-funded vouchers are a tax cut for the wealthy. Nearly 70% of private school students who received voucher assistance were already enrolled in private schools. Since 2023, the Florida voucher program has funneled around $1 billion out of public schools and ...
To the editor: Alligator Alcatraz is an abomination. What have we come to as a nation? We build a concentration camp for immigrants and then give it a supposedly humorous nickname. We’re doing exactly what the Germans did in the 1930s: identify a scapegoat, demonize them, and when ...
