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Republican leadership in the Florida Legislature wants to block teachers from discussing LGBTQ issues with their students in schools. They’re trying to erase LGBTQ teens. 

TALLAHASSEE — Tonight, President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address to the nation, outlining the tremendous accomplishments of his administration during his first year in office and outlining how they plan to continue to deliver for the American people in the year to come.

TALLAHASSEE — Today, President Joe Biden made history with the selection of federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court. A graduate of Miami Palmetto High School, once confirmed, Judge Brown Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.

At a time when lawmakers should be doing everything in their power to protect our endangered manatee population from further decline, some legislators are doing just the opposite at the behest of powerful developers.

Is the ‘Sunshine State’ going to shut down the Sun? Florida’s Republican state legislative leadership, doing the bidding of one of their major donors – Florida Power & Light (FPL) wants to pass an anti-energy freedom bill that would prevent millions of Floridians from accessing affordable renewable energy through rooftop solar, and cost communities thousands of local, small business jobs.  

Across our state, Floridians are struggling with unheard of hikes in rents and rising property insurance costs after 20 years of Republican failure to address these issues. The situation has grown so dire that 24 Democratic lawmakers sent the Governor a letter in December asking…

Governor Ron DeSantis gave the annual State of the State address to kick off the 2022 legislative session.
In response, Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferrulo and Florida Watch Executive Director Josh Weierbach issued the following statements: