part one: Anders Croy is the Communications Director for Florida Watch and the DeSantis Watch accountability project. Anders Croy has been working in the Florida political process for a decade, amassing extensive experience in both campaigns and legislative policy.
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The big news down here is the legislature gavelled out of regular session on Friday once again without fulfilling their one constitutional duty to pass a balanced budget.
That leaves taxpayers on the hook for what appears to be 3 upcoming special sessions: the budget, mid-decade redistricting, & a property tax amendment.
Despite passing almost 100 less bills than they did last year during a historically unproductive session, Republicans did pass legislation with severe potential consequences for free speech & the right to protest in the state.
Zachary Levenson is associate professor of sociology at Florida International University. He is the author of the award-winning book Delivery as Dispossession (Oxford University Press, 2022).
Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own Board of Governors appointees overseeing the curricula include roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors.