Valerie Crowder
Valerie Crowder hosts and produces state and local newscasts during All Things Considered. Her reporting on local government and politics has received state and regional award recognition. She has also contributed stories to NPR newscasts.
Before moving to Tallahassee, she was a freelance reporter in Panama City. Her public radio journey began at WAER-FM in Syracuse, New York. She has a B.A. in newspaper online journalism and political science from Syracuse University.
When she's not reporting, Valerie enjoys reading and spending time outdoors.
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About 1 million Floridians lack access to high-speed internet. State lawmakers are moving forward with legislation to bring that number down. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed congressional map would eliminate two of the state's African-American congressional districts. Voting rights advocates say the map would dilute minority voting power in the state.
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Florida lawmakers are expected to invest more money in the the state’s prisons to ease the burden of staffing shortages.
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The Florida Senate’s state and congressional electoral maps are moving to a floor vote. Voting rights advocates argue lawmakers failed to fully account for the state's population growth -- particularly when it comes to Hispanic voters.
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Panama City is getting $20 million to repair and replace about eight miles of damaged stormwater, water and sewer lines from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
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Florida lawmakers are tasked every legislative session with passing a budget for the next fiscal year. And for the last four decades the government spending watchdog organization Florida TaxWatch has been monitoring how those dollars are spent.
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In the first week of the Florida legislative session, a bipartisan state Senate committee will consider moving a draft U.S House district map and a state Senate map forward to a floor vote.
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A Florida Senate subcommittee has recommended its plan for what the chamber’s districts would look like over the next decade.
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A Florida Senate subcommittee has recommended two nearly identical U.S. House district maps for further consideration as the legislature's remapping efforts officially get underway this week. They would both give Republicans a 16-12 seat advantage while adding a congressional district.
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No open government laws were broken when a group of activists were forced to leave a public building in Jacksonville shortly before a scheduled COVID-19 news conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, according to one legal expert.
