Progress Florida & Florida Watch Statements on the State of the State Address
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis delivered his State of the State address to kick off Florida’s 2023 legislative session.
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis delivered his State of the State address to kick off Florida’s 2023 legislative session.
Throughout his time as a politician, Governor Ron DeSantis has shown a strong desire to raise taxes on working families and seniors, while providing massive tax breaks and handouts to the wealthy and corporate elite.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is out to destroy free speech in Florida. Duval County substitute teacher Brian Covey was recently fired simply for sharing a video of empty bookshelves in his classroom to draw attention to the relentless censorship of books under the DeSantis administration.
“If I weren’t living through it, I wouldn’t believe it’s happening.” – a Florida parent and teacher.¹
If you believe every Floridian should be able to access respectful, quality, and affordable reproductive health care, then this simple action in support of medication abortion is for you. Just weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted outdated restrictions on medication abortion, allowing pharmacies to dispense these necessary medications, and the Justice Department ruled that the postal service is allowed to deliver them nationwide. This is excellent news!
President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union Address in which he emphasized the historic job creation and economic growth under his administration.
We’ve all seen the heart-wrenching headlines: Florida’s iconic and beloved manatees are dying of starvation at a nightmarish rate.
Think you’re registered to vote by mail in Florida? Think again.
We are proud to partner with Women’s March on #BiggerThanRoe events happening in cities and towns across Florida this Sunday, January 22, 2023.
It’s hard to properly describe what the last two and a half years have been like for us in the state of Florida. The way I have tried to verbalize it to those not living here is that it’s a bit of a cascading nightmare, where every outrage softly fades into the next, all the attacks and barbs aimed at marginalized communities blend together, where the worst voices of a right-wing outrage machine act as the assignment editor for our governor and the professional trolls who inhabit his communications department.