Guest AuthorApril 19, 2021
5min2234
A booming film, television and digital media industry would bring more high-wage jobs to the state.
Tag: BloodlineA doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman on Aug. 7, 2018, at a hospital in Chicago. Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The cases are detailed in federal documents obtained by The Associated Press and raise serious questions about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S. Image via AP/Teresa Crawford.
Guest AuthorApril 19, 2021
Peter SchorschMarch 29, 2021
9min4150
In the 2021 Legislative Session, lawmakers have the opportunity to bring some of that business back.
Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 20216min1411
The film and television industry should be a targeted part of Florida’s economic recovery plan.
Staff ReportsOctober 15, 20194min289
While the venture is continuing — and better than ever — the upcoming season offers some exciting new changes.
Jacob OglesSeptember 3, 2019
6min565
The last time a film project got funded by Florida state grants was in 2014 for Ballers.
Staff ReportsNovember 29, 2018
10min677
Florida will have to consider economic incentives if it wants television and film productions to shoot here, according to Florida TaxWatch‘s newest research report. That idea has found favor in the state Senate, but runs counter to new Republican House Speaker Jose Oliva‘s stance, who has called production incentives “tantamount to corporate welfare.” Even GOP […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 10, 2018
7min474
Calling it a “shot of adrenaline,” South Florida Sen. Annette Taddeo on Wednesday stumped for her bill to bring TV and film incentives back to the Sunshine State. Her measure (SB 1606) would create the “Florida Motion Picture Capital Corporation” to “encourage the use of this state as a site for scripted productions by providing financing to […]