Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off the legislative session with a speech focused on illegal immigration, crime rates and 'the battle for freedom.' His claims about the state’s growth and falling crime rate were accurate.
before. The COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to the decline, but its effects are still being studied."By and large, state level crime rates follow similar patterns over time, with most states experiencing similar decreases in crime as Florida over the past 50 years," Lyndsay Boggess, a criminology professor at the University of South Florida, told PolitiFact."Florida is the fastest growing state in the nation. We ranked number one for net in-migration.
. Florida's population increased by 1.9% to about 22.2 million between 2021 and 2022, surpassing Idaho, the previous year's fastest-growing state.Florida ranks first in net migration with an estimated 444,484 people moving to the state from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022. that in 2023 the state would automatically give Floridians with 35 or more toll transactions per month a 50% credit to their account. DeSantis proposed the savings and the Legislature enacted them.
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