Jamie Ostroff

1 week ago | wptv.com | Jamie Ostroff

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV is tracking the turmoil in the federal workforce amid job cuts and how it's impacting people here in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. The Department of Veterans Affairs told WPTV chief investigator Jamie Ostroff that it's planning to cut tens of thousands of jobs from its payroll. We learned that some local VA workers have chosen not to wait to see if they'll be let go.

1 week ago | wptv.com | Jamie Ostroff

VALDOSTA, Ga. — A group of abuse survivors at Florida's reform schools is feeling unheard and seeking answers to why they're not eligible for compensation. They reached out to WPTV after the debut of "The Okeechobee Boys," an hour-long special report examining the compensation program for survivors of abuse at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee during the middle of the 20th century.

2 weeks ago | wptv.com | Jamie Ostroff

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — State lawmakers in Palm Beach County say they’ve been fielding complaints about Florida’s Reemployment Assistance program, similar to the complaints we’ve heard from WPTV viewers. Two of those viewers are Daniel Escobar of Lake Worth Beach and Rose Lorenzo of Palm Beach Gardens. Both of them had been waiting for months after they were laid off to receive unemployment benefits.

3 weeks ago | wptv.com | Jamie Ostroff

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A group of WPTV viewers is celebrating a victory in their fight for unemployment benefits. They contacted chief investigator Jamie Ostroff, saying they'd been waiting for months after applying for assistance with no end in sight. A spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Commerce, which administers the state's Reemployment Assistance program, asked for the viewers' names to escalate their cases.

1 month ago | wptv.com | Jamie Ostroff

PAHOKEE, Fla. — A newly released audit from the Florida Auditor General examining what happened with more than $3 million in grant funding that was intended to help boost the city of Pahokee’s struggling economy, uncovered alleged mismanagement and a growing list of questions. According to the report, Pahokee has spent upwards of $3.1 million in state-issued grants for a “state-of-the-art marina facility” since 2017. Today, most of the boat slips at the Pahokee Marina remain empty.