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Democratic Leader Book Response

Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, D-Plantation, gave a response Tuesday to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ State of the State address. Here are her remarks, as prepared…

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Passidomo Opening Day Remarks

TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, made remarks to the Senate on the opening day of the 2023 legislative session. Here are her remarks,…

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Posted in Education

Viewpoint: Setting schools on a collision course

Superintendent reversal would set Escambia Schools on a collision course with failure By Jarah Jacquay Escambia County’s governmental gears are grinding slowly into reverse and…

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Posted in Business

About-face: FPL now plans to decrease rates in May

SANDESTIN — A day after announcing customers should expect an increase in their electric bills in April, Florida Power & Light announced plans to decrease…

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FPL plans to increase electric bill rates in April

Florida Power & Light customers should expect yet another increase to their electric bills in April. J.T. Young, vice president and general manager of FPL…

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State budget growing as rapidly as population

By Tom St. Myer The state budget is growing as rapidly as the population in Florida. But what happens when the growth finally slows down?…

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ECT awards $5.1 million to 19 children’s service providers

By Tom St. Myer An arduous two-year process filled with missteps finally resulted in the Escambia Children’s Trust awarding millions of taxpayer dollars to agencies…

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Posted in Education

Warrington Middle School’s fate comes down to negotiations

By Tom St. Myer Negotiations between Escambia County Public Schools and Charter Schools USA will determine the fate of Warrington Middle School. The for-profit charter…

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Gun violence roundtable opened a broad conversation on the community

By Tom St. Myer Gun violence served as the entry point, but a roundtable consisting primarily of elected officials expanded into a broad conversation about…

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Breaking: Smith survives school board meeting

By Tom St. Myer A late addition to the Escambia County School Board agenda to discuss the termination of Superintendent Tim Smith was struck down…

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Posted in Politics

FDOH overwhelmed as DeSantis pushed to reopen in 2020

By Grayson Keglovic A State Auditor General report released last week found several inaccuracies in how Florida tracked COVID-19 cases and deaths during the early…

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Charter Review makes ‘some headway’ [podcast]

By Grayson Keglovic Time continues to tick as the Pensacola Charter Review Commission finds itself in a time crunch to finish its report. The report…

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