State agencies are scrambling to find ways to be more energy efficient following Florida’s two-day climate change summit in Miami last week. Trimmel Gomes has more.

A large crowd is expected at Tuesday's Charlotte County Commission meeting. The issue: dirt mining. WGCU's Valerie Alker reports.

The Urban Land Institute’s SWFL Chapter is examining the idea of hometown democracy…that’s a ballot initiative that would take the power to control growth out of the hands of elected officials, and put it into the hands of voters. WGCU’s John Davis has more.

The Lee County Human Trafficking Task Force met with Florida Gulf Coast University officials Thursday to further their goal of creating a center for combating human trafficking on campus. WGCU’s Amy Tardif reports.

Year-round conservation and improved water-use efficiency are both key elements of a new report just released by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. It’s in response to the state’s ongoing, severe drought conditions. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry has more.

Florida’s senior Senator - Democrat Bill Nelson - is investigating problems with U-S weather satellites used to track hurricanes. From Capitol Hill, Ben Tabor has the story.

The U-S Army Corps of Engineers wants public input on its new proposed release schedule for Lake Okeechobee. The schedule determines when water from the nation’s 3rd largest freshwater lake must be sent down the Caloosahatchee & St. Lucie Rivers. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

The Collier County branch of the NAACP met Monday to look at the restoration of voting and other civil rights for ex-offenders in Florida. WGCU's John Davis reports.

The City Pier Building in Downtown Fort Myers is a bit closer to the two million dollar fundraising goal for a project that will transform it into a first class art museum. The Lee County Tourist Development Council granted 450,000 dollars to the Art of the Olympians. Kathleen Moye reports.

Water managers say Lake Okeechobee is a bit cleaner now…they’ve finished their multi-million dollar muck clean-up project. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.