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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. DeSantis signs ban on kids using social media
    March 25• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  2. Florida Supreme Court rejects challenge to sports betting compact
    March 21• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  3. DeSantis signs bill banning homeless people from sleeping in parks, public spaces
    March 20• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  5. Florida Legislature’s leaders leave plenty of work for their successors
    March 9• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  6. Florida Legislature passes reworked ban on social media for kids
    March 6• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  7. Florida lawmakers put conditions on DeSantis’ spending as they unveil $117B budget
    March 5• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  8. Less than half of old Hillsborough transportation tax would go to roads
    March 5• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  9. Homeless camps? Florida has tried — with mixed success
    March 5• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  10. DeSantis vetoes social media ban for kids, agrees to narrower bill
    March 1• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  11. Florida State Guard recruit arrested during training
    March 1• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  12. Florida could push some Citizens customers to unregulated insurers
    Feb. 28• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  13. DeSantis withheld records, retaliated against state police, ex-officials say
    Feb. 26• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  14. Florida Legislature passes ban on social media for kids
    Feb. 22• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  15. Despite conservative outrage, Florida could make it easier to sue media
    Feb. 21• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  16. Florida could make it harder to sue polluters, assisted living owners
    Feb. 18• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  17. Florida Republicans propose tax cuts for utilities but not homeowners
    Feb. 13• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  18. Lawmakers look to fix affordable housing act after outcry across state
    Feb. 9• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  19. Florida lawmakers pitch radical idea to solve property insurance crisis
    Feb. 6• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  20. Florida could adopt new solution to homeless crisis: Camps
    Feb. 5• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  21. DeSantis sending Florida State Guard to combat Texas border ‘invasion’
    Feb. 1• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  22. Florida’s CFO divested the state from BlackRock, but not his own accounts
    Jan. 26• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  23. Florida wants to ban social media for kids. Courts will likely stop it.
    Jan. 25• The Buzz on Florida Politics
  24. How DeSantis’ defeat could alter Florida politics — or not
    Jan. 23• Elections