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Florida’s undocumented immigrants paid nearly $2 billion in taxes in 2022
A recent report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) found undocumented immigrants in the U.S. paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. For every 1 million undocumented...
The Scoop: Tues. July 30th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Local Artists in Ybor City, had their art covered with tomato soup during the galleys opening day by an unexpected protest.
Organization says the state urgently needs to shore up funding to repair prisons
Prisons in the state are in dire need of urgent repairs, a report from a global consulting firm found. State lawmakers commissioned KPMG to look at the most pressing needs inside Florida’s correctional institutions. KPMG...
Listen: The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration released new data showing the financial costs of undocumented immigrants on the state’s healthcare system. But with undocumented immigrants being only 4% of the state population, critics...
Florida has a problem with minimum wage violations and it could get worse
Florida’s minimum wage is set to increase to $11/hour. But wage theft is rampant because the minimum wage law isn't always be enforced.
