Caitie Switalski Muñoz
ReporterCaitie Switalski Muñoz covers news and stories concerning quality of life in Broward County and its municipalities for WLRN News. Her award-winning coverage focuses on: affordable housing, city and county governments, homelessness issues, transportation and slice of life here in South Florida.
As the Broward Correspondent for WLRN her award-winning reporting has been featured nationally on NPR newscasts, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here & Now, 1A, The Takeaway, On Point, and Science Friday. You will also hear Caitie fill in occasionally on our weekly shows and anchoring newscasts.
Before working in public media full-time, Caitie worked with the editors and reporters at WFSU-FM in Tallahassee, and anchored Morning Edition for WUFT-FM in Gainesville for three years. A former WLRN Intern, Caitie has been covering Broward County full-time here since October of 2017.
Caitie graduated from the University of Florida, with a B.S. in Journalism and is a proud Gator fan.
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In the 10 days since former U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings' death, two of Broward County's most influential Black leaders have sped up the race to replace his seat in Congress. Former County Mayor and Commissioner Dale Holness launched his campaign Monday. -
As part of the agreement, all teachers, classroom aides and technical support employees would receive a one-time bonus of $1,500.
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Many changes are underway at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. There's a new spring exhibit on display and the museum has a new director.
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Virtual Fleet Week events, spanning over two weeks, run this year from April 21 to May 9.
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County commissioners lifted restrictions on outdoor activities, like golfing, at their regular meeting Tuesday. They also agreed to start letting the public attend commission meetings in person again.
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Thousands of people have descended on South Florida beaches for the same reasons as any other Spring Break — the weather, water, and two-for-one drink specials. But there's one major difference — the ongoing pandemic.
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The gun control advocacy organization will host a drive-in rally in Orlando Friday against HB 1, that advanced to its third and final reading in the Florida House Thursday.
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U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch sees the aid money in the new American Rescue Package as particularly helpful for live entertainment venues and restaurants in South Florida.
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An estimated 100 people gathered in Gandhi Square in Davie late Saturday afternoon to remember the victims of the March 16 shootings in Atlanta that killed eight people, mostly women of Asian descent.
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State legislators are in session and one of the major Republican priorities would change how Floridians vote. It's called Senate Bill 90.
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Tuesday is Election Day for five municipalities in Broward County, electing city commissioners or their equivalent.
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The Title I middle school's media center was under construction. No one was inside the media center at the time the roof started coming down.
