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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Democrats are expected to get a boost in the midterm elections if Roe v. Wade is overturned, but whether it will result in significant gains across Florida remains uncertain. -
Fair districts groups argue Florida's new congressional map violates the U.S. Constitution because it discriminates against Black voters.
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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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Two local independent taxing districts in North Florida would dissolve in 2023 under a GOP measure that targets the Walt Disney Company for publicly criticizing a controversial new law.
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Gadsden County residents spoke out against the governor's plan to erase Democratic Congressman Al Lawson's 5th Congressional District.
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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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Florida’s Secretary of State Laurel Lee is asking a federal court to halt proceedings in a lawsuit over the state’s new congressional map.
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The Florida legislature will meet in mid-April to draw the state's congressional districts after Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected two maps lawmakers approved earlier this month.
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Florida is one of four states that hasn’t yet approved a congressional map — all other states have drawn their new U.S. House districts well ahead of the November 2022 elections. The legislature and the governor remain at odds over keeping an African American opportunity district in North Florida.
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Voters and voting rights groups have filed two lawsuits seeking an injunction to prevent the state's current congressional map from remaining in effect and the implementation of a court-ordered map that's fair and constitutional.
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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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More than three inches of rain fell last night over a massive wildfire in northwest Florida, but the fire hasn't gotten smaller.
