Florida Legislature 2024: What else might Florida ban?

Seeking Rents – The Podcast

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Florida Legislature 2024: What else might Florida ban?

Day 38 of the Florida Legislature's 2024 session included efforts to protect industrial polluters, ban offshore wind farms, and buy some veto insurance.

Jason Garcia

Feb 16, 2024

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In this episode: Florida lawmakers were already working on bills to ban everything from living wages to lab-grown meat. Now, they’re talking about banning offshore wind energy, too. Plus: Bills that would protect industrial polluters from accountability.

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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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