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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The House’s fallback map has Democratic U.S. Representative Al Lawson’s district looking a lot like it does today. -
Visit Florida is set to run out of funding in fall of 2023 — unless state lawmakers act before then. -
A proposal to lessen the effects of sea level rise is scheduled to get a floor vote in the House on Wednesday. While the bill aims to help communities adapt, it doesn't address manmade climate change. -
The Republican Accountability Project, a "dark money" anti-Trump group is paying for the ads. -
Last year, lawmakers created the Office of Broadband within the Department of Economic Opportunity. Since then, the office has begun mapping areas in the state where access to high-speed internet doesn’t exist. -
The state House and Senate were working in sync to legislate $500 million in funding for broadband expansion efforts. The two chambers diverged after the Senate's plan was amended on Tuesday to remove any specified funding amounts for high-speed internet projects. -
DeSantis is pushing to eliminate north Florida’s only U.S. House district where Black voters can elect a candidate of their choice. The legislature, however, is working on a plan that keeps the 5th Congressional District’s current configuration largely intact. -
One of the most controversial aspects of his map is that it would carve up African American Congressman Al Lawson’s north Florida district. -
Florida Democratic lawmakers gathered outside the old Capitol building Thursday to rally against GOP-led efforts they say will make voting harder. -
Friends of the Everglades Executive Director Eve Samples says the measure boils down to "manipulation of the new Lake Okeechobee plan."
