Written by: Jeff Ostrowski, Palm Beach Post A tax bill making its way through the U.S. House of Representatives could slash Florida home values by 13 percent, Realtors said Monday. Realtors harbor “grave concerns” about a Republican proposal to reduce the tax deduction for mortgage interest, end write-offs for property taxes and boost capital-gains taxes on home sales, said Maria… Read more »

Sun Sentinel 100 Lois Jane Frankel, member, U.S. House of Representatives Last week: Republicans are wasting no time in their effort to give tax cuts to the richest Americans and biggest corporations. This isn’t a tax plan, it’s a tax scam that will hurt middle-class families and ransack Medicare and Medicaid. It massively increases the debt to cut taxes for the rich and… Read more »

America’s opioid crisis is out of control. Overdoses claim 33,000 lives every year. Nearly half of them involve a prescription opioid. Sarah Karlin-Smith, health care reporter for POLITICO, explains the opioid crisis. Read more »

A bill dubbed the Sand Act that would overturn the restrictions on sand is being sponsored by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach and is cosponsored by every member of Congress from South Florida. Read more »

Written By: Lani Seelinger, Bustle  There's a good chance that you haven't heard of the Democratic Women's Working Group (DWWG), but now this congressional group is on the front lines of one of the most important fights that the Trump administration has brought about so far. The DWWG, comprised of all of the Democratic women in the House of Representatives, currently has a pretty… Read more »

Written By: Catherine Pearson, Huffington Post Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced a new bill that would stop President Donald Trump’s recent attack on an Obama-era birth control mandate that has guaranteed 55 million women access to free contraception.  Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced its plans to rollback the requirement, which guaranteed… Read more »

Written by: Christine Stapleton, Palm Beach Post After an unprecedented 590 opioid-related deaths in Palm Beach County in 2016, Palm Beach County doctors are joining the battle as a group against the opioid epidemic. The Palm Beach County Medical Society Services, a nonprofit that coordinates education and volunteer activities of the county Medical Society, held its first meeting… Read more »

Written by: Alanna Vagianos, Huffington Post A group of Democratic lawmakers unveiled legislation at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon that would protect Title IX after recent rollbacks by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.  The new legislation, named the Title IX Protection Act, would codify into law three Title IX guidances that were created… Read more »

Written by: Brianna Duncan, College Magazine Florida Congresswoman Lois Frankel worked hard in college both in her studies and as vocal activist. And now she works even harder for the underrepresented people in her community. She got involved in politics because she knew she wanted to help shape the system, knowing the importance of women having a voice and letting it be heard no… Read more »

Written by: Thomas Forester, CBS 12 WPEC Congresswoman Lois Frankel is pushing for what she calls "common-sense legislation." It's an effort to help protect Americans from gun violence. Frankel wants restrictions on high-capacity magazines, expanded background checks and a ban on bump stocks, which are devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into nearly fully… Read more »