Rodney L. Rich, president of Rodney Rich & Co., has once again been named by the Financial Times as an elite member of the Top 401 Retirement Advisers. Mr. Rich is one…
City dodges answers to questions on $95K payout
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward doesn’t want to explain his September 2015 decision to settle the lawsuit brought against the City of Pensacola by former City Administrator Bill Reynolds. When City Public Information…
Pensacola Fire Department reins in OT
The City of Pensacola uploaded its August 2016 monthly line-item report on Tuesday. Finally the Pensacola Fire Department has reined in its overtime, only spending $33,232 in August. The Fire Department OT…
Design-Build of new jail topic for upcoming BCC meeting
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a special meeting to discuss the new jail the county is planning to build. County staff and representatives from DLR Group Inc. will…
Okaloosa to ship recyclables to ECUA Perdido Landfill facility
Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin reports that Okaloosa County will soon begin shipping its recyclables to ECUA’s new $10-million facility located at the Escambia County’s Perdido Landfill. Since West Florida Recycling went…
USA Today: Trump ‘unfit for the presidency’
In its 34-year history, USA TODAY’s Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. However, today the board has ended its silence. In its editorial, it wrote, “This year, the…
Pensacola ranks high on MLB experience, weak on quality of life
The website SmartAsset ranked the best minor league baseball towns in the country. Its researcher analyzed 158 cities and towns using two scores: a quality of life score and a game day…
GDP in 15 Florida Metro Areas grew faster than nation, not Pensacola
Most Florida metro areas outpaced the nation in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2015. Fifteen of Florida’s 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) increased their gross domestic product (GDP) at a…
The need to increase mental health counseling on college campuses [podcast]
With a 48 percent increase in the number of students seeking counseling, Florida universities are asking for an additional $14.5 million in the coming budget year to hire more mental health professionals,…
Lawmakers expected to act on workers’ comp
By JIM TURNER AND JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With Florida businesses facing a 14.5 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance rates, state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and a…
Report call for aiding low-income students at state colleges
By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA While Florida has one of the best state college systems in the country, a new report from the LeRoy Collins Institute says the colleges…
Tour de ‘Panzacola’ on Oct. 15
This October the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) is joining hundreds of archaeological organizations around the world to celebrate International Archaeology Day. FPAN is hosting a bicycling tour of historic Pensacola in…