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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …