Miami-Dade County's urban development boundary has served as a line to protect fragile ecosystems, farmland and water outside of Miami-Dade County's urban core. Simultaneously, it has served as a catalyst to spur smart growth, smart development, better mass transit, and more investment in jobs and affordable housing in Miami's urban core.
Read MoreOn September 2, Florida's largest electric utility monopolies, FPL, Duke Energy and Tampa Electric, filed petitions with the Florida Public Service Commission to increase electric rates in 2023. If the Public Service Commission approves these rates, your electric bill could go up — in some cases by as much as 15% per month.
Read MoreIf 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 15%.
Read MoreOn Friday, June 24, Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed SB 620, formally named the Local Business Protection Act, but which critics dubbed the “Ending Local Freedoms Act.”
Read More🚨 BREAKING: SB 620, the Puppy Mill Loophole Law, has now been sent to Governor Ron DeSantis. He has vetoed bad bills before, and he has the chance to veto this cruel bill. New reports suggest Gov. DeSantis was concerned that this bill would give the owners of puppy mills almost unlimited power to operate anywhere in Florida. Now he must decide whether to veto this cruel bill. Add your name and tell Gov. DeSantis: No more puppy mills! Veto SB 620. #NoPuppyMills #Veto620
Read MoreCan you write an email to Gov. DeSantis to veto this cruel new law? Gov. DeSantis has stood up to his own legislature and vetoed bad bills this year, and he is seriously considering a veto on this one. He needs to hear from all of us now.
Read MoreThanks to you, we delivered a petition with over 1,300 signatures to Governor DeSantis asking him to veto SB 620, the Puppy Mill Law.
Read More🇺🇸 🗳 ALERT: The Florida Legislature has just passed passed SB 524, the Anti-Voter Freedom Act. This widely criticized legislation creates a new "office of elections crimes" (the first of its kind in the nation), and diminishes the freedom to vote in Florida by adding new and confusing hurdles to voting by mail — a form of voting that many Floridians use, especially seniors and members of the military serving overseas.
Read MoreThis morning, in a 24-15 vote, the Florida Senate passed HB 741, the highly controversial and widely criticized legislation aiming to gut rooftop solar net metering in Florida. The Florida House also passed this bill last week; now the legislation will head to Governor Ron DeSantis for signature or veto.
Read MoreThe Florida Legislature just approved a new law that would put a tax on sunshine, kill thousands of good-paying jobs in the solar industry and impose new fees that would hurt low-income Floridians.
We need your help. Can you send an email to Governor DeSantis and tell him to veto this bill?
Our power bills are too high. We don't need a new tax on energy. What we need is energy freedom and support for good-paying jobs in Florida.
Read More🚨 Florida's local minimum wage laws are at risk. State lawmakers are pushing a bill which would repeal local minimum wage laws across the state. Take action: click and add your name to tell your state representatives and senators hands off our local living wage laws.
Read MoreThis week marked the beginning of the 2022 Florida legislative session, and we wanted to share some very exciting news with you. Two Florida lawmakers have introduced a bill in the House and the Senate to protect homeowners from the worst abuses of the mortgage and servicing industry.
Read MoreNext 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 took a deep dive into a recession. Millions of Floridians lost their jobs and filed for unemployment benefits from the state’s unemployment trust fund. Unemployment reform became a key topic for many of Florida’s leaders. The question is: what’s going on with unemployment reform now, a year later?
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