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Could you get alcohol to-go from restaurants even after the pandemic? It’s something that could help businesses make ends meet, and the governor said he’s on board. Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order in late March that lifted restrictions against restaurants selling packaged alcohol for delivery, takeout or consumption off-premises. During a roundtable discussion […]

The Trump Administration wants more than a million nursing home patients and staff tested for coronavirus in the next two weeks. It’s a daunting task when you consider just how many of these facilities we have here in Florida. There are 41 nursing homes in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties; that translates to about 4,000 […]

The U.S. House pressed swiftly forward Tuesday toward impeachment or other steps to forcibly remove President Donald Trump from office, even as Trump blamed Democratic foes and not himself for last week’s deadly attack on the Capitol. He targeted the lawmakers who are pushing for his ouster, saying that it’s “a really terrible thing that […]

Campaigns and outside groups are making a final push to turn out election-weary Georgians whose votes will determine control of the U.S. Senate, from a crush of text messages and television ads to dueling visits from President-elect Joe Biden and outgoing President Donald Trump. More than 2.5 million people — about half the turnout of […]

The Latest on former President Donald Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial (all times local): 3:50 p.m. Enough senators have cast “not guilty” votes to acquit Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The vote will give the former president an historic second acquittal in an impeachment trial. House Democrats, who voted a […]

President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an “orderly transition on January 20th” after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Trump’s acknowledgment came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a […]

President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus. Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National […]

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Sunday asked President Donald Trump to “reconsider” his upcoming visit to Kenosha as the city continues to be roiled by protests after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot several times in the back by police last weekend. Trump’s visit will be one week after two people were shot and […]

Sanibel’s Best Homemade Ice Cream is hoping a scoop of its new, delectable dessert, starting on Friday afternoon, can make an impact on eliminating our Southwest Florida water crisis. Laurie Verme, who owns Sanibel’s Best Homemade Ice Cream, said water quality is near and dear to her heart. She is donating all the proceeds from […]

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come. Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially […]