Now that the legislative session has wrapped up in Tallahassee, we’ll sort through the bills and amendments that survived through committee and lawmakers’ votes and are now on their way to becoming law- or to a veto. Some bills came with big compromises few saw coming…. others slid through with little complaint …and still others saw lots of tinkering along the way but came out in the end similar to how they started .

Lee County records showing dangerously high levels of arsenic on Pine Island were ignored by county and state environmental officials, an investigation by a WGCU reporter found . The levels were several times the federal limit for environmental safety.

Nearly 500 felony arrests for juvenile auto theft, more than one arrest per day. Nearly two-thirds of all auto arrests for kid under the age of 18. Even if they're caught, most kids spend just hours in detention. Those are the findings of a data-driven investigation by the Tampa Bay Times into what's being called an "epidemic" of car thefts in Pinellas County.

Every county in Southwest Florida has logged at least one violation according to a new report on the nation’s tap water. Some had as many as six.

An executive order signed by the Trump Administration in late April seeks to expand oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico , with many in the industry eyeing the eastern Gulf. Florida environmental groups argue the change could threaten tourism and the environment, but Florida's oil and gas industry say it would be a welcome change.

Florida lawmakers have voted on a plan for how they'll pay out the state's millions of dollars for damages sustained from BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

From heavy perfume to hand soap, it seems everywhere you turn in our modern world, scents, smells, and aromas abound, and can often overwhelm. seems to be scented heavier than ever. That's on top of natural scents in the Southwest Florida air, like smoke and soot from wildfire season. Together, it's amounts to a full-on olfactory assault. But when does a smell go from unpleasant to a health hazard?

Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day , and what started as an effort to bring new hobbyists into comic shops is increasingly being used to encourage literacy by offering families ways to read together.

The two biggest investments people make in their lifetime are usually their house and their car. With the high number of seasonal residents in Southwest Florida, now is the time of year when one of those houses is left vacant and cars are shipped to follow their owners. That has given rise to two industries, home watchers and automotive shippers, that few need until they split time with a second home in Florida.

More than four decades ago, Fort Myers city clerk Marie Adams reported to her first day of work with the City of Fort Myers as the secretary to the City Clerk. On Monday , after 43 years on the job, she celebrated retired from her job as City Clerk .