Bob Norman

News Director

Bob Norman is a veteran Florida journalist whose work exposing corruption has led to indictments of several public officials and the removal of misbehaving judges from the bench. He began reporting in Florida in 1993, with tenures at the Fort Myers News-Press, the New Times, and investigative reporter for WPLG-Channel 10 in Miami. Now a contributing writer for Columbia Journalism Review and the Washingtonian, Norman has received dozens of journalism honors, including the Livingston Award.


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On eve of Ian landfall, Collier chairman cast ethically questionable vote on housing development

Rae Ann Burton sat in the Collier County Commission meeting on the morning before Hurricane Ian struck, wondering why she had to be there at …

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Water official pockets $240,000 on public land sale, cites ethics “loophole”

Running the water district that serves Parkland and Coral Springs has become an incredibly lucrative government job, a place where the official who manages it …

Two female swimmers, one blond, one redhead, in mermaid costumes in front of a pool.

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Aquaticats 3: BSO Lieutenant Admits He Ran Background Checks on Wife’s Former Coworkers

A lieutenant with the Broward Sheriff’s Office admitted under oath during an internal affairs investigation interview that he ran restricted law enforcement database checks on …

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Parkland mayor received secret $20k contract from agency behind controversial development

When it comes to the controversial plan to put commercial development on a defunct golf course on the edge of the Everglades, Parkland Mayor Rich …

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Right to publish: Withheld identity of deputy involved in fatal shooting revealed

Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman doesn’t want the public to know the identity of two deputies involved in the shooting of 65-year-old Jeremiah Evans and …

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Top public official has past business ties, other links to favored Heron Bay developer

The young mother held her daughter in one arm and the mic in the other as she addressed public officials in a room packed with …

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Mermaid-Snooping Broward Deputy to Face Criminal Review

Broward sheriff’s Lt. Jeff Mellies appears to have abused his authority when he dug up protected driver’s license information on several swimmers who perform in …

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Public official received $16 million in contracts from his own agency

The ghost government is tucked behind steel gates on a dead-end road in a quiet suburban Coral Springs neighborhood. Known as the North Springs Improvement …

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Wreck Bar Mermaid Sues Broward Sheriff’s Office for Invasion of Privacy

Finding herself vilified on TikTok by a self-styled witch and spotting a Broward County sheriff’s lieutenant literally climbing her wall, Whitney Fair was at her …

Marshall Goodman in a black suit, wgite short and purple tie

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Controversial Economic Growth “Visionary” Makes Comeback In Central Florida

The broadcast segment of this story is available here: WGCU/Fort Myers. Marshall Goodman is at it again, selling the big dream, and public officials are again …

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State to conduct audit of “unethical” Broward water district

State lawmakers voted Thursday to conduct a wide-ranging audit of the North Springs Improvement District, the troubled public agency that provides water and sewer services …

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Following FLCGA investigation, lawmakers take action on Broward special district

Florida Rep. Dan Daley is requesting that the State Auditor General investigate the North Springs Improvement District, a public agency that provides water and sewer …