Gerard Albert
Broward County ReporterGerard Albert III covers Broward County for WLRN. Before joining WLRN full time, he reported on crime and public safety in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
He was awarded the South Carolina Press Association's first place award for profile writing and third place for enterprise reporting.
Gerard also reported on crime and public safety in West Palm Beach, where he reported on the intersection of mental health and the criminal justice system.
Gerard earned his Bachelors degree from Florida International University where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper.
He can be reached atgalbert@wlrnnews.org
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In a wide-ranging interview with WLRN, Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis talked about his first years on the commission, the rapid rise of the city's population and the founding of its charter schools.
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A Broward commissioner is pushing Congress to pass legislation he says could lower insurance rates for Florida customers "immediately" — and by as much as 25%.
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The group has been pushing the sheriff to refer more people to the adult civil citation program instead of arresting them for nonviolent misdemeanors.
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick wants Congress to approve $40 million in aid to the United Nations for its mission to free Haiti from its violent gangs. She also wants Haiti's prime minister to step down.
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As they look to tackle the affordable housing crisis in Broward, county commissioners voted to try a controversial split of tax dollars to fund a new master plan for a year.
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Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who conceived two of her children through IVF, is pushing for the treatment to be protected in federal law over fears that a contentious ruling in Alabama could bring 'chaos' and 'uncertainty' across the country.
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Fort Lauderdale ramps up parking rates and police units. It comes as the city expects an influx of tourists while Miami Beach makes moves to restrict the number of visitors during spring break.
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The run-down state of the historic Black cemetery is at the center of a legal battle over who is in charge of its operation, upkeep and land.
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) called for Florida's surgeon general Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Gov. DeSantis ally, to resign or be terminated over his refusal to declare a public health emergency over the Broward County outbreak.
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As commissioners seek to expand affordable housing, they disagreed over how to fund the ten-year Housing Broward Master Plan, which is the first of its kind in the state.
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The City of Parkland hosted its annual commemoration of the 17 lives lost in the 2018 tragedy, just as another mass shooting took place at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade. “They were children with bright futures ahead of them,” said one parent.
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Over the past five years, 21 people have died while in custody of the Broward Sheriff's Office. Now groups are pushing for federal investigations.