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Issue Area: Economic Fairness
Political donations in exchange for higher interest rates?
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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Opinion: State must prohibit utilities from taking over EV charging networks
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 Florida Legislature Should Not Enable Deceptive and Predatory Business Practices
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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The Importance of an Independent Public Counsel for Florida
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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Do Florida’s Corporate Tax Giveaways Come at the Expense of Funding Affordable Housing?
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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On Tax Day, Let’s Shine a Spotlight on Florida’s Corporate Tax Giveaways
Florida’s Families Pay Our Taxes to Fund Our Priorities – Florida’s Largest Corporations Should Pay ...
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Issue Area: Defending Democracy
What You Need to Know About Florida’s New Vote-By-Mail Rules
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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An Unnecessary Elections Police Force
No matter our age, no matter our race, no matter how much money we make, ...
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Tell Gov. DeSantis: Veto the Anti-Voter Freedom Act
Floridians deserve free and fair elections. Tell Gov. Ron DeSantis: veto SB 524 and keep Floridians’ freedom to vote intact.
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Orlando Sentinel: “Florida is about to give more than $500 million to big corporations”
Florida is about to give more than $500 million to some of its biggest corporations. ...
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Issue Area: Rising Costs
Contractor Fraud Allegations Soar in Florida: Why the Homeowners Construction Recovery Fund Needs an Upgrade
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 ...
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Political donations in exchange for higher interest rates?
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
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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The Public Service Commission has abandoned Florida’s seniors to FPL | Opinion
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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Floridians Should Applaud Silagy’s Exit from Florida Power & Light – Opinion
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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Tell the Public Service Commission: No Electric Price Gouging
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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Issue Area: Defending Local Freedoms
Gainesville Is One Step Closer To Losing Control of its Utility
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
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 Playbook to Privatize G.R.U. and Raise Rates
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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Victory! Governor DeSantis Vetoes SB 620
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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Tell DeSantis to Veto the Puppy Mill Law
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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New Florida law could lead to more puppy mills and more animal torture
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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