Informed Voters’ Guide to the Amendments on Florida’s Ballot Released
As Floridians prepare to cast their votes in the historic 2024 General Election, Progress Florida and Florida Watch have launched the Informed Voters’ Guide to the Amendments for the six proposed constitutional amendments.
Letting kids go hungry is cruel – tell Gov. DeSantis
Children across Florida are suffering from hunger after Gov. Ron DeSantis declined to participate in a new federal program that helps families in need buy groceries so low-income kids won’t face food insecurity over the summer.
The early bird gets…to vote!
The 2024 Florida Primary Election is upon us, and in-person early voting is underway in many counties and starts tomorrow in all Florida counties.
Banned Book “Indiana Jones”
“Nothing shocks me, I’m a scientist.”
It’s Report Card day – for your legislators
We scored each Florida state legislator and gave them a percentage score and a letter grade from A-F based on their votes across a wide spectrum of issues including reproductive freedom, civil rights, ethics in government, public education, worker protections, environmental conservation, gun safety, and more.
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. The proposed drilling site risks the release of harmful chemicals into the Apalachicola River, nearby waterways, and surrounding wetlands. This floodplain in the Florida Panhandle is […]
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.
Banned Book “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”
Gov. DeSantis may try to shift blame for censorship bills he signed, but we know the truth: Florida leads the nation in book bans like this one out of Orange County because he continues to push an anti-freedom to learn agenda.
Banned Book “100 Women Who Made History”
It’s the start of Women’s History Month, yet because of laws enacted by Gov. DeSantis and his legislative allies, students in Escambia County are banned from accessing this awesome book and 1,500 others.
Banned Book “Jackie Robinson”
For young people learning about Black History Month, they’ll have access to one less book in Osceola County schools.
