Legislative report card lets Floridians know which lawmakers put ‘People First’
Public interest groups Progress Florida and Florida Watch today unveiled their 2024 “People First” Report Card, grading Florida lawmakers on key floor votes cast during this year’s legislative session.
A dirty, dangerous drilling proposal
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is on the brink of approving a “wildcat” oil drilling plan that will put the future of the ecologically sensitive Apalachicola River floodplain at risk, and we need your help to stop it.
Get primed for Yes on 4’s “persuasion” phase
All gas, no brakes: the campaign to restore abortion access in Florida is full speed ahead.
Not a hoax
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to falsely claim that book banning in Florida is a hoax. Yet in 2023, Florida led the nation with 1,406 books banned in schools, surpassing Texas as the number one book banning state in the nation, according to PEN America. From July 2022 to June 2023, an astonishing 40% of all book bans in the nation happened in Florida.
Corruption run amok?
This past session, the Florida Legislature passed a truly awful anti-ethics and pro-corruption bill and we’re calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto it.
Tell Gov. DeSantis: veto this dirty, dangerous bill
In the waning days of the recently concluded legislative session, the GOP-led Florida Legislature passed a dirty and dangerous energy bill (HB 1645) that will make it harder to fight climate change and have disastrous consequences for Florida’s health, environment, and economy.
DeSantis Watch Statement on Ron’s Failed Session
TALLAHASSEE — Today, the Florida Legislature adjourned sine die on the 2024 legislative session.
Stop this dirty, dangerous energy bill
Florida may be ground zero for the most disastrous impacts of climate change and a warming planet, but you wouldn’t know it based on new laws pushed by the leadership of the Florida Legislature.
DeSantis Watch Statement on Ron Wasting Taxpayer Dollars in South Carolina
Today, Florida (emphasis ours) Governor Ron DeSantis will be holding a taxpayer funded press conference in South Carolina to reportedly discuss an issue unrelated to the number one problem facing his constituents – an affordability crisis devastating families and communities across the state he was elected to govern.