The Best Legi$lature Money Can Buy
A new report analyzing millions in corporate campaign contributions calls Florida’s Ron DeSantis-dominated Legislature “the best state legislature money can buy,” benefiting corporate donors at the expense of everyday Floridians’ prosperity.
Self-managed Abortion, Safe & Supported:
Progress Florida offers monthly trainings for reproductive rights advocates to learn how to effectively and legally spread information about self-managed abortion with pills.
PROGRESS FLORIDA DENOUNCES GOVERNOR FOR SIGNING MOST RESTRICTIVE ABORTION LAW IN STATE HISTORY
When it comes to personal medical decisions, politicians have no business getting between a patient and their doctor. Yet today, Governor Ron DeSants signed into law a ban on ending a pregnancy after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for most fetal diagnoses or in cases of rape or incest.
Supremely Qualified
President Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, brings experience and expertise that will help ensure every person – not just the wealthy and powerful – will have equal justice under the law.
Defeat the “Don’t Say Gay Bill”
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.
Progress Florida & Florida Watch Statements on President Biden’s State of the Union
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.
Progress Florida & Florida Watch Statements on President Biden’s Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court
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.
This Bill Will Kill Manatees
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.
Will they turn off our Sun?
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.