Author: Rick Outzen
Town Hall: Summer beach traffic congestion not going away
Bottom Line Up Front: Pensacola Beach is experiencing unprecedented traffic growth with 20,000+ vehicle days increasing from 15 times per year in 2020 to 56…
Daily Outtakes: The Banty Rooster who seized control of Escambia County
WEAR-TV has reported that County Clerk Pam Childers has put the county’s vital tourism industry in turmoil by refusing to pay millions of dollars in…
Backroom Briefing: Stadium Money Benched
Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — It’s been nearly 20 years since…
Former New College Foundation Board Members File Lawsuit Demanding Financial Accountability
A legal battle is brewing at New College of Florida, as several former Foundation board members have announced their intention to file a lawsuit against…
Landrum 5K raises over $17K for Mental Health Services at Lakeview Center
The second annual Landrum 5K Run/Walk has made a significant impact on mental health services in Northwest Florida, with organizers presenting a generous $17,297.14 donation…
Bakayoko next Trump pardon? Not likely
A 22-year-old Texas man has been arrested in connection with a sophisticated business email compromise scheme that defrauded the Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court…
Daily Outtakes: Budget, Abandoned Dogs and Flip-flopping
Florida’s budget negotiations have reached an impasse. During our podcast conversation yesterday, State Rep. Andrade, who chairs the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, revealed a…
Foo Foo announces 2025 grant recepients
The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival Committee has announced the public grant scoring for the 2025 Foo Foo Festival, naming 10 grant recipients and allocating more…
Salzman thanks DeSantis for ‘exceptional appointment’ of Diaz
No The Pensacola News Journal has posted a guest viewpoint from State Rep. Michelle Salzman, titled “Manny Diaz will lead UWF into a new era…
Inweekly: 2025 Summer Movie Guide
Summer movies are back with a little something for everyone. Whether you crave blood-soaked Southern Gothic vampires, high-octane spy thrills or a heartwarming alien misfit,…
Don’t Color on the Dog: Jackass Edition
The controversial $10 million Medicaid settlement check that flowed through the Hope Florida Foundation to the political action committee Keep Florida Clean has emerged as…
Daily Outtakes: Trump frees Pensacola’s famous jailbird—Todd Chrisley
Pensacola’s most famous federal inmate is getting his freedom back. Todd Chrisley, the patriarch of the hit reality show “Chrisley Knows Best,” has been serving…
Pensacola Children’s Chorus Director receives national award
Alex Gartner, Executive and Artistic Director of the Pensacola Children’s Chorus (PCC), has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Louis Botto Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship…
Mayor Reeves dodges re-election question
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves remained coy about his political future during Tuesday’s press conference, offering only philosophical musings when pressed about seeking a second term…
Emergency Care Partners Secures $100 million growth investment
Pensacola’s Emergency Care Partners (ECP), one of the nation’s leading emergency medicine service providers, has successfully closed a significant growth recapitalization transaction that positions the…
Manny Diaz: A New Chapter for the University of West Florida
At the UWF Board of Trustees meeting this morning, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz commented on his selection as interim president: As we transition into…
No Surprise: Manny Diaz selected UWF interim president
The University of West Florida Board of Trustees has selected Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. as the university’s interim president by an 8-2 vote,…
Timing of HRC Commission article questionable
The News Journal published on Friday, May 23, that Escambia’s Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to vote on repealing the ordinance that established the…
Daily Outtakes: Is Casey DeSantis a Patsy?
Casey DeSantis launched Hope Florida in 2021 as a genuine welfare program to help connect needy Floridians to community-based nonprofits and faith institutions, weaning them…
UWF Board of Trustees meeting preview
Tomorrow, the University of West Florida Board of Trustees meets at 8 a.m. As previously reported, the board will accept President Dr. Martha Saunders’ resignation…
