President Obama recently signed legislation creating a medical fund for 9-11 responders.  Among those being helped by the new law is one southwest Florida firefighter.  WGCU’s Valarie Edwards reports.

TECO gas crews are still working to restore service to the 7,200 homes and businesses that lost service after last week’s gas line explosion in Fort Myers. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Fire Districts in Florida are funded by property taxes.  In recent years they’ve seen their budgets shrink along with the value of the homes they’re meant to protect.  Next Tuesday voters in one Lee County fire district will be asked if they’d like to try a different approach: a flat fee annual assessment.  WGCU’s Mike Kiniry has more…

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson made stops in Fort Myers and Sarasota Wednesday.  He’s introducing a bill directing the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration to come up with a plan for measuring and dealing with oil in underwater plumes from the Deepwater Horizon blowout within 45 days.  The Florida Democrat is a vocal, longtime opponent of offshore drilling.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more.

U.S. Congressman Connie Mack met with Emergency Operations officials and a boom manufacturer in Bonita Springs Wednesday.  The Fort Myers Republican reiterated his anger about the federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice held an event on Wednesday in Sarasota recognizing the adoption of 9-1-1 reform legislation in Florida.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Officials with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation say the state backed insurer is entering the 2010 hurricane season in the best financial condition it’s ever experienced. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

FEMA,
the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide more than 8
million dollars to rebuild portions of the Immokalee State Farmer’s
Market destroyed by Hurricane Wilma four years ago.  WGCU’s John Davis
reports.

Collier
County Commissioner Jim Coletta was in Washington Wednesday speaking
before a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing
about the nation’s emergency alert system.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

More
than a hundred firefighters, recruits, law enforcement and emergency
workers were at the Imaginarium in Fort Myers on Friday for the eighth
annual 9-11 remembrance.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.