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 for delivery: Friends and fellow Floridians, Our…
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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, as prepared for delivery: Good morning and…
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 setting our schools and students on a…
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 rates in May. J.T. Young, vice president…
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 Northwest Florida Region, announced that Tuesday morning…
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? Florida TaxWatch Executive Director Tony Carvajal spoke…
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 establishing new out-of-school programs for children. The…
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 agency sent representatives to meet with school…
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 Black-on-Black crime, fatherless households, mental health, socioeconomic…
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 before Tuesday’s meeting even started. School Board…
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 months of the pandemic that may have…
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 with its recommended charter changes is due…