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Should Nestlé pay to pump 1 million gallons of water a day from Florida’s natural springs?
Nestlé Waters North America is projected to tap nearly 1 million gallons of water per day from the Ginnie Springs area for bottled water after a permit was approved in February by a government water board. Take the poll: should state bottled water companies pay their fair share for extracting public water?
Could you survive on $275 per week?
Without Federal money, Florida’s maximum unemployment benefit would be $275/week. Most people received much less than that.
Tell FL Lawmakers to Expand Affordable Healthcare Access
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 2014 and 2017.
What’s Going On With Unemployment Reform in Florida?
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 time, more than 30,000 Florida residents have lost their lives to the virus. And as restaurants, hotels, and tourism business dried up as people tried to stay safe, Florida’s economy
Time to fix Florida’s unemployment system
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 Florida’s unemployment insurance system. What they discovered was that our state’s unemployment system is broken. First, the website was a mess. We discovered that it was designed to handle only 5,000
WFLA: “Florida saw record federal health insurance enrollments in December”
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – With open enrollment complete as of Dec. 17, a weekly report showed that Florida had the highest number of people enrolling in the federal health insurance marketplace in the country. A record 1.9 million Floridians found insurance through the federal health insurance marketplace between Dec. 8 and Dec. 17. That’s an additional 125,000
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. That’s enough to more thandouble state funding for pre-kindergarten, where Florida currently ranks in the bottom 10 in the country. It’s more than the state will spend this year combating toxic algal blooms, fighting the opioid epidemic, buying conservation land,
