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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Governor Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., has weighed into the redistricting fight in Florida by proposing his own controversial congressional redistricting maps that dilute minority voting power.
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State lawmakers have passed a measure that ultimately seeks to remove the state’s private-sector workers from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Long-time Democratic strategist Steve Schale speaks with WFSU News about what state Sen. Annette Taddeo's entry into the party's primary race for governor means heading into 2022.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to position himself against the Biden administration on the issue of border security. DeSantis has issued an executive order to curb the arrival of undocumented immigrants to Florida. His administration is also suing over President Biden's policy of allowing migrants to wait in U.S. while their asylum cases are pending.
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The U.S. Senate is expected to take up the John Lewis Voting Rights Act in September. Proponents say the measure would challenge state elections' laws that place unfair restrictions on voting.
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Florida Democrats seeking to unseat Governor Ron DeSantis have focused heavily on the pandemic since the most recent surge in COVID-19 cases. A recent survey of voters indicates this strategy isn't hurting at a time when DeSantis is also at odds with many parents, doctors and several local school districts over student mask policies.
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Thousands of teaching and school support jobs across Florida were open at the start of August. Local school districts are seeking bus drivers, food service workers, classroom aides and certified instructors.
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Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis, on Monday, requesting permission to implement a temporary mask requirement for pre-K through 8th-grade students.
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Florida House Republican members have released their first joint political ad amid uncertainty about how next year's legislative districts maps will look.
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Tallahassee city commissioners agreed on Wednesday that the city will take ownership of a building in the Railroad Square Art District that could house a new performing arts center.