Last week was the last scheduled week of the 2026 legislative session. House and Senate leaders announced on March 12 that they would adjourn the next day and will return in mid-April to negotiate and pass the final budget. As it stands, there is a $1.4 billion gap between the $113.6 billion ...
To the editor: Roundabouts work best when traffic volumes are balanced and when there is sufficient capacity beyond the intersection to absorb vehicles as they exit. Sanibel's traffic pattern is the opposite. The island experiences large, directional surges of traffic, particularly in the ...
To the editor: After reading the Feb. 18, 2026, issue of the Island Reporter, with two letters to the editor slated to the left and one slated to the right, I would like to make a few distinguishing statements. - There was a recent interview on CNN regarding a particular professor's view ...
To the editor: In 1950, U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith stood alone in the U.S. Senate chamber to deliver her “Declaration of Conscience.” Faced with the toxic McCarthyist culture of “character assassination,” she famously warned that the Republican Party must not ride to victory on ...
A plant originating deep within the history of Florida, the coontie plant — sometimes referred to as a palm — is actually not a palm at all, but an ancient cycad, or what we think of as a “living fossil.” The bright green shrubs can add a great pop of fresh color and foliage to a ...
Whenever the season of Lent comes around, I am regularly asked this question: If the season of Lent is 40 days long, why are there 47 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter? The answer is that, in Christian theology, none of the Sundays count. Nope. The Sundays in Lent don't count. Well, they do ...
