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DeSantis Able to Tout Tax Breaks

     DeSantis on Feb. 1 released budget and tax proposals that didn’t include a reduction in the commercial-lease tax, which businesses have long sought to cut. But at $256 million, a reduction in the lease tax is the biggest break included in a tax package (HB 7063) that lawmakers passed Friday. […]

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Winning the Fights that Matter

     It’s a monumental step in a fight I’ve been part of for more than a decade, since we launched the NAACP’s climate justice program and reported on the disproportionate harm to Black communities from coal-fired power plants. […]