Author: Rick Outzen

I didn’t realize that PNJ is still printing the Pensacola Business Journal, but they have already decided on the top 10 business stories of the…

Studer Group is a 2010 winner of the Baldrige Award. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is an annual award that recognizes U.S. organizations in…

BP Press Release: Three of Florida’s finest seafood chefs took their talents to Capitol Hill as a way of showing Congress and the nation that…

Cool interactive map by Washington Post on 511 killings of police officers by guns over the past decade. Check it out here.

John Avlon reports on The Daily Beast that the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” recently applied for a $5 million federal grant from a fund designed…

Vision 2015 Pledges To date, 35 companies have invested in the Vision 2015 plan to bring 3,000 jobs to the region.  Pledges to date: $3,248,500

The Florida – Alabama Transportation Planning Organization, the TPO, has adopted their 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). This plan outlines the transportation projects for…

What You May Have Missed: Pro Publica is reporting that a federal probation officer for BP filed a petition last Wednesday asking a Alaskan federal…

Sarasota Herald-Tribune is reporting that merit pay will likely be back before the legislature for discussion in 2011. The bill is similar to the one…

Showing his commitment to a bipartisan, inclusive Florida Senate, President Mike Haridopolos today appointed ten Democrats to serve as Vice Chairs of the Senate’s 27…

“It’s a little disheartening that he wants to negotiate after we made a deal,” Escambia County chairman Kevin White said of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas when…

Governor-Elect Rick Scott is sending an exciting and experienced team of Health Care professionals on a fact-finding mission to help him identify ways to reduce…

Governor-Elect Rick Scott is sending a seasoned team of law enforcement, corrections and public safety professionals on a fact-finding mission to help him identify ways…

Last night, I received the following email from Pensacola City Manager Al Coby: Rick, Attached is the memorandum that was sent to City Council the…

The Republicans with their super majority flexed there muscle yesterday by overriding 7 vetoes by Gov. Charlie Crist. However, they didn’t tackle the most controversial…

Every year the Global Language Monitor does a global survey of the English language. Here are the top words, phrases and names of 2010: Top…

We are hearing that during recent sales tax audit it was discover Energy Services of Pensacola (ESP) incorrectly coded several local my businesses as “tax…

The Emerald Coast Utility Authority also meets today at 2:30 p.m. at Ellyson Industrial Park. The utility is the least transparent of the governmental bodies….

The Escambia County School Board meet tonight at the Hall Center at 5:30 p.m. On the agenda, the board will vote to purchase 20 modular…

I did speak with Sheriff David Morgan after the BCC ceremony. He has been appointed to the transition teams of both Gov-elect Rick Scott and…