With Florida’s 2025 legislative approaching, banks have begun a campaign to cut funding for legal programs that help veterans, domestic violence victims, and families facing eviction and foreclosure.
As Florida lawmakers prepare for their next legislative session, the banking industry is lobbying to cut funding for legal programs that support veterans, victims of domestic violence, and families facing eviction and foreclosure.
Just days after the end of the 2024 elections, records show a group of banks hired two lobbying firms in Tallahassee to push for the cuts when Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature convenes early next year for the 2025 session.
The bank lobby’s target: Legal aid, a long-running program designed to keep courts fair and open to all — and to stop the judicial system from becoming a weapon for the wealthy to wield against everyone else.
Now, the backstory here is a bit convoluted. But it’s worth taking some time to understand it, because this could become a big issue during the 60-day legislative session, which will begin in March — and it’s too important to let slip through the state Capitol without scrutiny.
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