Valerie Crowder
Valerie Crowder is a freelance reporter based in Panama City, Florida. Before moving to Florida, she covered politics and education for Public Radio East in New Bern, North Carolina. While at PRE, she was also a fill-in host during All Things Considered. She got her start in public radio at WAER-FM in Syracuse, New York, where she was a part-time reporter, assistant producer and host. She has a B.A. in newspaper online journalism and political science from Syracuse University. When she’s not reporting the news, she enjoys reading classic fiction and thrillers, hiking with members of the Florida Trail Association and doing yoga.
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More than $21 million in wastewater projects for counties in the Panhandle were included in Florida TaxWatch's annual report of veto-ready items.
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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' flexed his power this week in Tallahassee as lawmakers okayed the governor's controversial redistricting plan and curbed Disney's special jurisdiction.
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Despite vocal opposition to the governor's congressional map, state lawmakers moved the plan quickly along on the first day of a special legislative session to pass a new U.S. House map.
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The state legislature is meeting in Tallahassee this week to pass a U.S. House map from the governor's office.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a congressional map that lawmakers are expected to take up when they meet in Tallahassee on April 19 - 22. The drawing would eliminate African American Democratic Rep. Al Lawson's district.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says he won't support a congressional map that includes a U.S. House district in North Florida where minority voters can elect a candidate of their choice.
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LGBTQ rights groups are challenging a new law that will prohibit K-3 classroom instruction on topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity when it takes effect in July.
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The Florida legislature will meet in mid-April to draw the state's congressional districts after Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected a two-map plan lawmakers approved earlier this month.
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Forestry crews and firefighters have made progress on containing a massive blaze in northwest Florida, with the help of recent rainfall.
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Three wildfires that started over the weekend are still threatening neighborhoods in Bay County.