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Lawrence Mower - Tallahassee Correspondent
Lawrence Mower

Tallahassee Correspondent

How did I end up in Florida’s capital city? I’m a Las Vegas native (yes, they do exist), and that’s where I got my journalism chops, working the night cops beat for my hometown paper. I covered enough celebrity arrests and police shootings there to make it to the investigative team at The Palm Beach Post, where I wrote about bizarre lottery winners and even weirder elections. I like stories and ideas that challenge what we think we know about the world. Got one? Let me know. Just don’t screen your calls from a 702 area code. Chances are it’s not a vacation offer — it’s just your friendly Capitol journalist.

  1. Florida’s 15-week abortion ban blocked, then reinstated
    Jul. 5• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Protesters attend a May 3 abortion rights rally organized by Florida Rep. Michele Rayner and the Pinellas Democratic Progressive Caucus on the steps of the St. Petersburg Judicial Courthouse. The U.S. Supreme Court has since struck down Roe v. Wade, and in Florida the focus has turned to the state's recently adopted 15-week abortion ban.
  2. Judge to temporarily stop Florida’s 15-week abortion ban
    Jun. 30• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Protesters chant during an abortion rights rally Saturday at the corner of E Fowler Avenue and N 56th Street in Temple Terrace.
  3. DeSantis on Roe: ‘The prayers of millions have been answered’
    Jun. 24• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, signs a 15-week abortion ban into law, Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Kissimmee, Fla.
  5. Andrew Gillum, excandidato a gobernador de Florida, es acusado de fraude y arrestado por el FBI
    Jun. 22• CENTRO
    Andrew Gillum, habla en una parada de campaña en su candidatura a gobernador, el lunes 5 de noviembre de 2018, en Crawfordville, Florida. Gillum, el candidato demócrata a gobernador de Florida en 2018, enfrenta 21 cargos federales relacionados con un plan para buscar donaciones y canalizar una parte de ellas a través de terceros. La oficina del fiscal federal anunció la acusación el miércoles 22 de junio de 2022.
  6. Ex-Florida governor candidate Andrew Gillum indicted on fraud charges, arrested by FBI
    Jun. 22• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum leaves federal court in Tallahassee on June 22, 2022, after being indicted on wire fraud and other counts.
  7. DeSantis vetoes Everglades bill that advocates said would harm water quality
    Jun. 8• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    An airboat is seen hovering over Everglades wetland in Everglades National Park in September of 2021.
  8. DeSantis’ aide first pitched October gas tax break, emails show
    Jun. 7• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks before he signs a record $109.9 billion state budget Thursday at The Villages.
  9. DeSantis cuts GOP priorities as he approves $110B budget
    Jun. 2• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference Feb. 7 in Miami.
  10. Florida lawmakers pass insurance bills with $10,000 for home upgrades
    May 25• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, bangs his gavel Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. Legislators were there to work on property insurance reform.
  11. Florida lawmakers rush to pass property insurance reforms
    May 24• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    From start to finish, the Legislature spent a total of three days in Tallahassee to address what most agree is a five-alarm crisis in the state’s insurance market.
  12. Don’t expect quick relief on insurance rates, Florida lawmakers say
    May 23• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Shawn Frazier, 61, checks tarps over his Tampa home's roof ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
  13. Florida lawmakers want to fix property insurance. Here are the big issues.
    May 23• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Roofers install shingles on a stilt home on Mexico Beach, seven months after Hurricane Michael made landfall, destroying many of the structures in the small coastal Panhandle town.
  14. Florida lawmakers to target roof claims, lawyers during property insurance session
    May 21• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    The Florida House of Representatives pictured on Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Tallahassee. Florida lawmakers are returning to the Capitol next week for a special legislative session aimed at addressing problems in the state’s turbulent property insurance market.
  15. Florida Democrats want hearings on DeSantis’ elections pick next week
    May 17• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    State Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, is Gov. Ron DeSantis' pick to be Florida's secretary of state.
  16. When Florida’s property insurers fail, few ask why
    May 17• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida requires financial ‘autopsies’ on property insurers that could help get to the bottom of the state's insurance crisis. But many state officials and trade groups didn't know they existed.
  17. DeSantis names conservative lawmaker Cord Byrd as Florida elections chief
    May 13• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, is Gov. Ron DeSantis' pick to be Florida's secretary of state. Byrd is an attorney who has sponsored some of the most controversial bills in the Legislature in recent years.
  18. Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee to resign, eyes congressional run
    May 12• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee speaks at an October news conference in Tallahassee.
  19. Appeals court reinstates Florida’s disputed voting law
    May 6• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    A federal appeals court panel has blocked a recent ruling by a federal judge in Tallahassee, temporarily reinstating contested parts of Florida's voting law. The law will likely be in force for the November election.
  20. Sales tax holidays, gas tax exemption: what’s in the tax package DeSantis just signed
    May 6• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    To alleviate gas prices, lawmakers this year have agreed to suspend collection of the state’s gas tax for a month, from Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 of this year.
  21. Federal judge says parts of 2021 Florida voting law are unconstitutional
    Mar. 31• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    A federal judge ruled that multiple parts of a 2021 Florida voting law are unconstitutional.
  22. DeSantis vetoes congressional redistricting maps, calls for special legislative session
    Mar. 29• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis prepares to sign the Parental Rights in Education bill during a news conference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Classical Preparatory School in Spring Hill.
  23. FDLE commissioner retires; DeSantis to pick next state police leader
    Mar. 25• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Richard Swearingen testifies in 2019 before state lawmakers. His last official day will be Sept. 1.
  24. Florida Legislature leaves without addressing property insurance crisis
    Mar. 15• The Buzz on Florida Politics
    The Florida Legislature adjourned without passing any reforms to deal with the state's turbulent property insurance market.
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