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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A federal judge late Wednesday issued an injunction against a recently-enacted state law that would’ve imposed stiff penalties on social media companies that de-platform political candidates. -
On Tuesday night, Gov. Ron DeSantis used his veto pen for a second time following this year’s legislative session, rejecting four bills. One of them would’ve brought changes to the state’s long-standing "no-fault" car insurance system.
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WFSU News interviews Jeannie Economos, pesticide health and safety project coordinator with the Farmworker Association of Florida, following a recent federal court ruling that rejected the EPA's registration of aldicarb for use on the state's citrus.
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State lawmakers this year permanently slashed the affordable housing trust fund's revenue share, while also passing a guarantee that housing dollars would never again pay for other expenses.
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Proposed state legislation to shield businesses and health care providers from coronavirus-related lawsuits could pass early this session. With support from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state could join many others that have already adopted similar business liability protections.
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Scores of bills related to government transparency have been filed in the state legislature. At least a few have are progressing through committees ahead of regular session.
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Despite speculation that President Donald Trump's eldest daughter would challenge Sen. Marco Rubio in next year's GOP Primary.
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Two bills recently filed in the state legislature seek to give every local elections supervisor the option to operate countywide polling sites on Election Day, instead of restricting voters to designated precinct sites.
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Elections supervisors have been speaking out against a proposal to require voters to request absentee ballots every calendar year, instead of once every two general election cycles.
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One day before Florida attorney Bill Price attempted to register to vote in Georgia’s upcoming Senate runoff elections, he publicly expressed deep mistrust in the electoral process and the public officials in charge of safeguarding it.
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Georgia elections officials are investigating a Bay County attorney after he publicly announced plans last month to register to vote in the state even though he doesn’t actually intend to live there.
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Floridians recovering from pandemic-related income losses can still get help paying past-due rent and mortgage bills.
