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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Black voters in Florida could regain a congressional district where they make up a sizable share of the population, if voting rights groups prevail in an ongoing legal battle. -
A federal judge won't decide whether or not to temporarily block new restrictions on voter registration groups until after the new law takes effect this weekend. -
Voter registration groups primarily serving Hispanic and Latino communities are suing to block a new Florida law that will make it harder for them to operate. -
Andrew Gillum and his longtime associate Sharon Lettman-Hicks were indicted last year. The federal government accused them of steering campaign contributions for Gillum's personal use. -
The jury in the corruption trial of former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum has reached unanimous agreement on a charge of lying to the FBI, but remains deadlocked on fraud charges. -
The jury in former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum's corruption trial are set to resume Monday after jurors broke for the weekend. -
Dozens of Latino evangelical church leaders from across Florida gathered at the State Capitol on Monday to urge state lawmakers to reject a Republican immigration bill. -
Florida is among 15 other states where lawmakers have filed bills that would ban efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on college and university campuses. -
A bill to lower the minimum age to buy a long gun in Florida from 21 to 18 has support from Republicans in the House, but it's unlikely to get a hearing in the Senate. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis recently held a roundtable with his allies in education to talk about efforts to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs from higher education.
