Florida Legislature 2024: It's done

Seeking Rents – The Podcast

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Florida Legislature 2024: It's done

Florida lawmakers finish their 2024 legislative session with an anti-worker flourish.

Jason Garcia

Mar 09, 2024

In this episode: The Florida Legislature concluded its 2024 session on Friday by passing Big Business-backed bills that loosen the state’s child-labor laws and block wage, benefit and safety protections for workers. But banking industry lobbyists took it on the chin, too.

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Seeking Rents – The Podcast

"Rent-seeking" is a term in economics that describes when a corporation uses its political influence to twist tax laws and other public policy in its favor. Seeking Rents – The Podcast brings you the stories of how that's happening in Florida, where corporate interests like Florida Power & Light, Big Sugar, and Walt Disney World wield enormous influence everywhere from local city halls to the state Capitol. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jason Garcia, Florida's leading corporate-accountability reporter.

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