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This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating many of the Florida women making history today.

School classrooms & libraries are places for learning & inquiring minds. Access to a wide range of books encourages students to ask questions, evaluate ideas & understand complex social issues. Because of Gov. DeSantis & his allies, Florida leads the nation in school book bans.

.@ProgressFlorida on target calling out Legislature for lack of attention on affordability issues

If Florida voters cut property taxes, what would that mean for local budgets and services? "It will be the 'Hunger Games' in the community." miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

IRONY ALERT: Trump is playing Jimmy Buffett songs at his Texas rally today. Jimmy was a staunch opponent to oil drilling off his beloved FL coast. A coast threatened with Trump's latest "Spill, Baby Spill" plan to open FL's Gulf coast to Big Oil.

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change — all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

To all the athletes representing @TeamUSA: I'm so proud of you. Your talent and perseverance have brought you to this moment, and Michelle and I will be joining Americans from across the country cheering you on.

Trump is pushing a proposal to allow oil drilling off Florida’s Gulf Coast where it has never been allowed before, threatening our beaches, marine life, and coastal communities. Go to bit.ly/stopoilrigs and sign the petition of opposition to the Bureau of Energy Management.

Even in a time obsessed with attention, it is service, advocacy, and standing up for what’s right, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us, that continue to define greatness.

Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."

As we prepare for the 2026 legislative session, Equal Ground is bringing together leading social justice and voting rights organizations for a powerful virtual roundtable discussion on January 13th via Equal Ground’s YouTube & Facebook Watch Here: youtube.com/live/cPoDtTWI8…

“This is going to be a challenging year for our state, as working families and seniors struggle with an affordability crisis with rising costs of rent, property insurance and groceries,” Cheyenne Drews, Progress Florida. orlandoweekly.com/news/legislati…

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

The rest of a very sad story at New College | Editorial sun-sentinel.com/2026/01/02/the…

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Banned books survive because readers carry them forward. This holiday season, give a book that was challenged, questioned, or silenced. Keep its story alive.

New: Florida lawmakers may soon give the state’s powerful sugar industry the legal leverage to sue its critics into silence. 🧵...

While Gov. DeSantis has failed to tackle Florida’s housing and healthcare affordability crisis, he has changed the law about your vehicle license plate frame. Not all license plate frames are illegal, but the rules did change. Here’s how to stay compliant and avoid a citation.

DeSantis must answer for illicitly diverting millions | Editorial sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/15/des…

Michelle and I are heartbroken by the tragic passing of Rob Reiner and his beloved wife, Michele. Rob’s achievements in film and television gave us some of our most cherished stories on screen. But beneath all of the stories he produced was a deep belief in the goodness of people—and a lifelong commitment to putting that belief into action. Together, he and his wife lived lives defined by purpose. They will be remembered for the values they championed and the countless people they inspired. We send our deepest condolences to all who loved them.