SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Steve Lawrence, a California government reporter who covered a major capital corruption scandal and governors from Ronald Reagan to Arnold Schwarzenegger during a nearly four-decade career with The Associated Press, died Friday. Lawrence was the longest-tenured member of California’s capital press corps when he retired in 2009 after 37 years with the AP. In those days, the capital press corps included dozens of reporters from multiple newspapers and news services, who competed fiercely for scoops. It was holding elected officials accountable for their actions and words that drove Lawrence throughout his career, his wife said. That volunteer work was as important to Lawrence as his journalism career, his wife said.

Source: National Post February 23, 2019 00:47 UTC