TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – This week, Representative Christopher Benjamin’s (D-Miami Gardens) bill fighting for African American studies in the great state of Florida was signed into law. HB 551 was signed by Governor...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Joseph Jacquot to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees. Joseph Jacquot Jacquot, of Jacksonville,...
Democrat Donna Deegan’s decisive win over a Republican in the open Jacksonville mayor’s race will make her the first woman to hold the job in the...
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the Governor signed a slate of anti-LGBTQ bills, including an expansion of last year’s Don’t Say Gay...
Tallahassee — Legislation sponsored by Senator Bobby Powell (D-West Palm Beach) to identify and mark abandoned African American cemeteries throughout Florida received unanimous approval in the Florida...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today legislators are voting on the anti-immigrant bill Senate Bill 1718. Representative Susan L. Valdés (D-Tampa), the Florida House Democrats’ sole Cuban-American legislator, is wearing a Cuban-American...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Lactation Spaces in Courthouses Bill, House Bill 87/Senate Bill 144, passed unanimously on the Florida House Floor on March 28, 2023. HB 87 was sponsored by Representative Ashley...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – House Democratic Caucus Leader Fentrice Driskell (D- Tampa) issued the following statement: “It is an affront to democracy that a duly elected representative can be...
