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Employment in Lee County has improved a bit. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on what to make of the recent unemployment figures.
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The future of Florida’s trade and commerce may lie 12-hundred miles away. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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The Community Health Improvement Partnership or “CHIP” is surveying households in southwest Florida to determine residents’ health status and gauge how the economic downturn is affecting their overall well-being. WGCU’s John Davis reports.
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The weather warming should be good news for farmers - but not necessarily the farm workers. The next harvests of vegetables like tomatoes may not come until mid-April. So many are struggling to pay rent and put food on the table. The Salvation Army is trying to fill that gap for hundreds in Immokalee...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has increased its orange crop forecast for Florida. Valerie Alker has more.
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The Money Bus Tour, brainchild of Fort Myers resident Todd Macke, is making its only Florida stop in Fort Myers this week. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on one man’s mission to teach financial literacy to the masses.
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U.S Representative Connie Mack returned to his roots yesterday – to the business in his hometown of Cape Coral that gave him his first job in high school. The Republican lawmaker says Marine Concepts is a perfect example of a small business struggling to stay afloat under the policies of the Obama Administration...
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Many United Way Chapters around the country are adjusting their fundraising goals this year to reflect the downturn in the economy. But not the United Way of Lee Hendry and Glades Counties. With just two weeks left in the campaign it’s pushing toward its 8 million dollar goal – dollars it says provide...
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The prolonged January cold snap has put untold thousands of Florida farm workers out of work and in danger of becoming homeless. Agencies and advocates are trying to help. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez was in Immokalee and has this report on a town where many of the inhabitants are becoming desperate.
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Florida Congressmen Mario Diaz Balart & Adam Putnam toured crop damage in Collier County Monday, calling it the worst they’ve seen anywhere in the state. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.
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