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Ten wins in 2022 that all Floridians can feel good about

Gov. DeSanta Claus delivers a Christmas gift to the insurance industry

Central Florida leaders are about to abuse a state law to help a big developer

Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature are about to leave Floridians at the mercy of their insurance companies

The Florida Legislature just let Target dodge $15 million in corporate taxes

Ron DeSantis worked with gas-station lobbyists who wanted to weaken a gas-tax break for consumers

Secrecy, strategy and spin: Inside the Ron DeSantis decision to suspend a prosecutor who promised to protect abortion

Big businesses are leading an assault on local democracy in Florida

There's a war on democracy in Florida. It's being waged by Big Business.

How private prisons backdoor big donations to Ron DeSantis

A power company wants to take $1 billion from Florida customers. It just gave $3 million to Florida politicians.

The Florida Realtors supported a plan to spend less money building rental housing. Now they're fighting rent control.

Ten big businesses just pocketed $95 million — and you paid for it

Big Sugar is trying to take out Carlos Guillermo Smith

Minimum wage is on the ballot in this year's elections in Florida

Transcript: Minimum wage is on the ballot in this year's elections in Florida

The lobbyists trying to kill rent control in Orlando also refused to help members of the U.S. military

The Orange County mayor's office isn't telling the truth as it tries to sell voters on a higher sales tax

Florida's emperor has no clothes

Transcript: Florida's emperor has no clothes

A big lottery contractor is cashing in. So is the Ron DeSantis reelection campaign.

High-interest lenders targeting low-income borrowers want Florida lawmakers to let them double their interest rates

Florida's power companies want to raise rates again. Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees are going to wait until after the election to decide whether they can.

Ron DeSantis could have made lawmakers reduce insurance rates by $150 a year. He was attacking immigrants instead.

Getting rid of these business tax breaks could bring a bit of relief to Floridians struggling to pay for property insurance

Jason Brodeur pocketed $60,000 from a public grant. It’s not clear what he did for the money.

Ron DeSantis tried to help a developer pass a bill making it easier to turn affordable housing into high-priced apartments

How Ron DeSantis helped Florida Power & Light raise electricity rates by $5 billion

Inside the $5 billion deal that Gov. Ron DeSantis' political appointees gave to Florida Power & Light

Transcript: Inside the $5 billion deal that Gov. Ron DeSantis' political appointees gave to Florida Power & Light

En su primer término como gobernador, Ron DeSantis aumentó los impuestos a los floridanos en más de $1 billón de dólares

Florida Power & Light pocketed $1 billion in tax cuts for itself. But now it can pass tax increases on to its customers

How Ron DeSantis and Nikki Fried Teamed Up to Defend Big Sugar

Transcript: Seeking Rents — The Podcast (Ep. 4)

FPL and Big Sugar want Nikki Fried to be the Democratic nominee for governor

The bipartisan plot to take out Florida's best senator

Transcript: Seeking Rents — The Podcast (Ep. 3)

Electricity rates in Florida are about to go up...again

Ten special-interest tax breaks from Ron DeSantis' first term as Florida governor

The Florida Legislature did a big favor for Publix — at the expense of Publix workers

Transcript: Seeking Rents — The Podcast (Ep. 2)

Ron DeSantis took money from you and gave it to businesses. And you didn’t even notice.

Transcript: Seeking Rents — The Podcast (Ep. 1)

In his first term as governor, Ron DeSantis raised taxes on Floridians by more than $1 billion

Introducing: Seeking Rents – The Podcast

Ron DeSantis has a plan to protect...tax evaders?

A controversial company is trying to legitimize itself by laundering columns

Ron DeSantis proposed delaying a tax break for Florida drivers until it was most helpful to his re-election campaign

The DeSantis Drafts: Records reveal Ron DeSantis' plans to strengthen his grip on state government

Ron DeSantis plotted an all-out assault on public universities

The Ron DeSantis administration gave $16.5 million. The Ron DeSantis campaign got $200,000.

Florida won't stop rising insurance rates without combating climate change

Ron DeSantis worried Wilton Simpson’s prized bill would protect puppy mills. Will he veto it?

Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature could reduce insurance rates right now. A giant insurance company is standing in the way.

The mayor of Orange County plows ahead with a plan to pave a toll road through a forest

Last-minute legislation could give more money to Publix, 7-Eleven and Circle K — but less to Florida students

The DeSantis administration has started sending more than $600 million to Florida's biggest corporations

The "Voice of Florida Business" is the voice of six Florida businesses

The corporate lobby lost

The Trade Show, Vol. 6

The Florida Senate budget includes millions to help a housing development in Senate President Wilton Simpson's backyard

Florida has a chance to close corporate tax loopholes

The Trade Show, Vol. 5

Private prison investors love the Florida Senate's budget

An affordable housing developer run by a top Republican donor wrote a bill making it easier to raise rents, records show

Someone in the Florida Senate wants to give Avis $5 million

The Trade Show, Vol. 4

The Florida House just unveiled a giant package of tax cuts – and it’s actually pretty good

The Trade Show, Vol. 3

A developer-backed bill would make it easier to convert low-income housing into high-priced apartments

A bill in Tallahassee could save Amazon more than $1 million a year

The Trade Show, Vol. 2

The Florida Legislature starts to move on a $4 billion tax cut for corporations

Ron DeSantis risked selling out his Republican base to help Disney

The Trade Show, Vol. 1

A bunch of corporations defied the Florida Legislature without consequence

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