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Contractor Fraud Allegations Soar in Florida: Why the Homeowners Construction Recovery Fund Needs an Upgrade
November 27, 2023
Floridians who have to deal with fraudulent construction contractors are left with little recourse, and the state fund designed to help them recover funds is woefully underfunded.
Why Did Florida Miss Out on Federal Aid to Fix Its Unemployment System?
October 23, 2023
A key piece of Florida's worker safety net is still broken: the unemployment system which is meant to give workers the tools to get through ...
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How to Attend a Local Legislative Delegation Meeting in Your County
September 29, 2023
In preparation for the 2024 Florida Legislative Session, we are now adding information on legislative delegation meetings being held across this state. We encourage you ...
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Political donations in exchange for higher interest rates?
August 18, 2023
Short-term lenders are donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to Florida politicians in a bid to get higher interest rates on short term loans.
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Why Is Your Electric Bill So High? New Reports Show How Power Companies Spend Your Money On Politics, and it’s 100% Legal
August 10, 2023
New reports reveal the extent to which major electric companies like FPL use money from your electric bill in lobbying and other political activities. And ...
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Gainesville Is One Step Closer To Losing Control of its Utility
April 21, 2023
A bill to take over the Gainesville Regional Utility, a municipally owned utility, and replace its board with a governor-appointed board, advanced out of a ...
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The Next Disney-Style Takeover for DeSantis: The Gainesville Regional Utility
April 19, 2023
Just as the Florida Legislature advanced a law to claw back control over Disney's special taxing district, they advanced a separate bill to give Gov. ...
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The Public Service Commission has abandoned Florida’s seniors to FPL | Opinion
April 18, 2023
Guest author Martha Pelaez writes that older consumers are bearing the brunt of the rising cost of electricity. The reason: The Florida Public Service Commission ...
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Opinion: State must prohibit utilities from taking over EV charging networks
April 12, 2023
Guest columnist John Peyton argues that Florida’s electric vehicle charging marketplace is a monopoly. He argues that Florida should level the playing field in EV ...
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The Playbook to Privatize G.R.U. and Raise Rates
April 7, 2023
Why the bill to take over Gainesville's publicly owned utility is part of a long playbook to privatize it and sell it to one of ...
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The Florida Legislature Should Not Enable Deceptive and Predatory Business Practices
March 28, 2023
All Floridians deserve a fair economic playing field with consumer protections that shield us from deceptive and predatory business practices. And that is what our ...
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Floridians Should Applaud Silagy’s Exit from Florida Power & Light – Opinion
February 5, 2023
Guest author Alissa Jean Schafer explains in an opinion piece for the Sarasota Herald Tribune why the departure of Eric Silagy as CEO of Florida ...
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The Importance of an Independent Public Counsel for Florida
February 3, 2023
The Public Counsel is one of the most important, but least understood roles in Florida government, acting as a watchdog on behalf of Florida’s utility ...
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Tell the Public Service Commission: No Electric Price Gouging
September 9, 2022
If the Florida Public Service Commission approves the request from Florida's largest utilities, your monthly electric bill could be going up by as much as ...
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Say NO to Florida’s New Natural Gas rate hike
August 26, 2022
Your monthly gas bill could be going up! Contact Florida's Public Service Commission directly and let them know your thoughts on the proposed rate hike.
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What You Need to Know About Florida’s New Vote-By-Mail Rules
July 20, 2022
Voting by mail is still safe and easy and it works mostly the same in Florida! Despite the passage of SB 90, voting by mail ...
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Victory! Governor DeSantis Vetoes SB 620
June 28, 2022
On Friday, June 24, Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed SB 620, formally named the Local Business Protection Act, but which critics dubbed the “Ending Local Freedoms ...
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Take the Quiz: How Much Would a Gas Tax Holiday Save You?
June 14, 2022
Late last year, with gas prices rapidly rising across the country, Gov. Ron DeSantis promised that help was on the way for Floridians struggling to ...
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Do Florida’s Corporate Tax Giveaways Come at the Expense of Funding Affordable Housing?
June 10, 2022
The most recent legislative session continued to prioritize corporate tax giveaways over much needed efforts to fund affordable housing in Florida.
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Tell DeSantis to Veto the Puppy Mill Law
May 9, 2022
The Florida Legislature passed a cruel new bill that would give businesses that support the puppy mill industry, like Petland, much more power to operate ...
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An Unnecessary Elections Police Force
April 29, 2022
No matter our age, no matter our race, no matter how much money we make, we all deserve to have an equal voice in choosing ...
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On Tax Day, Let’s Shine a Spotlight on Florida’s Corporate Tax Giveaways
April 18, 2022
Florida’s Families Pay Our Taxes to Fund Our Priorities – Florida’s Largest Corporations Should Pay Their Fair Share Too The Florida Department of Revenue said ...
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Florida’s unemployment benefits have been the same stingy amount for almost 25 years | Opinion
March 28, 2022
In 1998, the maximum unemployment benefit a Floridian could get was $275 a week. Today? The exact same $275 a week.
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Tell Gov. DeSantis: Veto the Anti-Voter Freedom Act
March 14, 2022
Floridians deserve free and fair elections. Tell Gov. Ron DeSantis: veto SB 524 and keep Floridians’ freedom to vote intact.
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New Florida law could lead to more puppy mills and more animal torture
January 22, 2022
A new bill is being fast-tracked through the Florida Legislature that would cripple local governments' ability to stop puppy mills in local jurisdictions.
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Tell Florida Lawmakers: Don’t Lower Our Minimum Wage
October 11, 2021
Floridians believe that everybody who works for a living should be paid enough to provide a decent and healthy life. That's why we voted overwhelmingly ...
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Could you survive on $275 per week?
March 25, 2021
Without Federal money, Florida's maximum unemployment benefit would be $275/week. Most people received much less than that.
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Tell FL Lawmakers to Expand Affordable Healthcare Access
March 1, 2021
Every year Florida fails to expand Medicaid results in unnecessary resident deaths. If Florida had expanded Medicaid, it would have prevented over 2,700 deaths between ...
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What’s Going On With Unemployment Reform in Florida?
February 25, 2021
Next week, March 1, will mark the one year anniversary of the first cases of COVID-19 being reported in the state of Florida. Since that ...
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Time to fix Florida’s unemployment system
January 26, 2021
The COVID crisis caused an enormous economic crisis in 2020. More than 2 million Floridians lost their jobs and tried to get unemployment benefits through ...
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