Florida Policy Institute

10/06/2026

Amendment 3 would cost Florida counties and communities billions of dollars in the first two years alone. See the full impact: https://amendment3.floridapolicyinstitute.org/

10/06/2026

Hearing from our partners and attendees on Why Florida Matters at our policy summit last month.

10/01/2026

2 weeks later, we are still reminiscing about our second Florida Policy Summit!

Thank you to all of FPI’s staff, the summit attendees and panelists, and our partners and sponsors for helping organize another successful summit filled with two days of engaging workshops and thoughtful panel discussions.

09/30/2026

Today, Sept. 30, Florida’s minimum wage is increasing to $15 for non-tipped employees. This represents the last step in the gradual six-year climb to $15 per hour that voters authorized with passage of Amendment 2 in 2020.

FPI has updated its minimum and living wage dashboard, which includes: the demographics of Florida’s minimum wage workers; the gap, in dollars, between a $15 minimum wage and a living wage in each county by family composition; and common household expenses as a share of minimum wage worker pay in each county by family composition.

Although an estimated 1.2 million Floridians are expected to directly benefit from the new $15 minimum wage, a $15 wage is still not enough for a full-time worker to afford basic expenses like housing, transportation, and groceries in any county in Florida — even without children.

Read the full dashboard at: bit.ly/FL-by-the-numbers

09/29/2026

Florida Policy Institute’s new calculator, powered by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), lets users enter in their zip code or select a county to view the potential local impacts of Amendment 3.

The passage of Amendment 3 would impact local funding for county budgets, municipal budgets, and special districts, including conservation and water management, fire rescue and EMS, mosquito control, libraries, and more.

“With the loss of property tax revenue, communities will have to find ways to make up the gap — either by cutting or eliminating services or raising fees and other assessments to maintain them. These costs will be passed onto Floridians, whether you’re a homeowner or a renter,” said Sadaf Knight, CEO of FPI. “This is a cost shift that does nothing to provide real relief to Floridians. We hope that this tool will help to bring home the potential far reaching impacts of Amendment 3’s property tax cuts.”

See how the funding in your local area could be impacted with our calculator tool at: bit.ly/Am3Calc

09/11/2026

Now introducing some of our wonderful speakers for the opening and closing sessions…The 2026 Florida Policy Summit is only 5 DAYS away!

View the detailed agenda for all of the sessions at: floridapolicy.org/summit-agenda

09/11/2026

FPI is so excited for our second ever policy summit next week!

Now that we are only 5 days away from the summit, we wanted to introduce you to some of our speakers for the workshop/breakout sessions.

View the detailed agenda for all of the sessions at: floridapolicy.org/summit-agenda

09/10/2026

Just a week away from Florida Policy Institute's 2026 ! Looking forward to joining my colleagues about what smarter approaches to meaningful can look like in . See you there:

Michael J. Langley is the Executive Director of Florida Justice Institute (FJI). In this role, he uses a combination of data, public-private partnerships, and the law to create more just outcomes for disenfranchised and other vulnerable communities throughout the state of Florida.

09/10/2026

NEW: Children’s Services Councils and Trusts (CSCs) in Florida would lose $278 million over the next two fiscal years under Amendment 3.

Read FPI's latest report by Norin Dollard, PhD (link in comments) ⬇️

09/03/2026

Tickets for the Florida Policy Summit are now sold out!

Thank you to everyone who has registered, we are so excited to see you soon.

View the agenda for the pre-summit workshops on September 16 and the agenda for the summit on September 17 at FloridaPolicySummit.org.

And stay tuned for more details and reminders as we get closer to the event!