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        Lehigh Acres
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        Port Charlotte
        Judge orders USDA to fully fund SNAP by Friday as food pantries stay busy
        Alex Orenczuk
        Fort Myers Metro South
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        North Port/Englewood
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        Downtown Fort Myers

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        Arcadia

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        Clewiston

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        Cape Coral

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        Bella Line
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        Cape Coral

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        DeSantis nears property tax proposal, floats special session

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        Estero

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        Eric Lovelace
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        Clewiston

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        Lehigh Acres

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        Victoria Quevedo
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        Cape Coral

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        Bella Line
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        Local News

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach VFW post faces closure after 57 years

        Miyoshi Price
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        Katie Walls
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        Sunshine Crimes

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        Port Charlotte

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        Clewiston

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        WFTX Digital Team
      • Goverment shutdown Florida impacts

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        Federal shutdown puts 95,000 Florida workers at risk as leaders clash over blame

        Forrest Saunders
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        Fort Myers Beach

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        Clewiston

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