Author: Rick Outzen
Pinellas School District staff recommends closing three Newpoint charter schools
Pinellas County School Board discussed this morning a staff recommendation to shut down three charter schools managed by Newpoint Education Partners, the company that was…
Performance evaluations rare at Pensacola City Hall since 2011
Inweekly made a public record request for the last job performance evaluations for 31 employees listed on the city’s website. Three of the employees listed…
Miami-Dade County judge rules state death penalty law unconstitutional
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A Miami-Dade County judge ruled Monday that a state law allowing the death penalty to be imposed…
Hoskins to join Gulf Power
Gulf Power announced today that Capt. Keith Hoskins, former commanding officer at Naval Air Station Pensacola, will join the Gulf Power team June 1. Hoskins…
Ice Flyers Championship Celebration today, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The Pensacola Bay Center will host a championship celebration for the Pensacola Ice Flyers Monday, May 9. This celebration will mark the third one in…
ACE announce grant winners
Art, Culture and Entertainment, (ACE), Inc. today announced the recipients of nearly $300,000 in grant funding for the third annual Foo Foo Festival (Foo Foo…
Broxson tops $50K in bid for Florida Senate
Trying to succeed outgoing Sen. Greg Evers in a Northwest Florida Senate district, State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, raised more than $50,000 in April…
Stafford warns council of adding too many charter amendments to ballot
Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford is concerned that adding a lot of city charter amendments to the ballot might cause problems next November. May…
Johnson wants to attract young talent to Pensacola City Council
Today, the Pensacola City Council will hold a workshop to discuss 11 proposed amendments to the Pensacola City Council. The News Journal published a viewpoint…
Untangling Newpoint Education Partners and its charter schools
Since the State Attorney’s Office announced that it had gotten indictments against Newpoint Education Partners and three of its vendors, former teachers, administrators and parents…
First District state attorney and public defender elected unopposed
With the end of qualifying at noon Friday, 12 state-attorney candidates across the state clinched election as they did not draw opposition. Incumbents made up…
Fire Station No. 3 evacuated due to mold
Former Pensacola City Council President Maren Deweese reported yesterday that Fire Station 3 that’s located on Summit Boulevard has been evacuated. She wrote that station…
Newpoint Charter Schools: ‘A boondoggle for wealthy people to continue to be wealthy’
Yesterday, an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Newpoint Education Partners, LLC; School Warehouse, Inc.; Red Ignition, LLC; and Epiphany Management, LLC for grand theft, money…
Grand jury issues indictments for Newpoint Education Partners and vendors
An Escambia County Grand Jury has indicted Newpoint Education Partners, LLC; School Warehouse, Inc.; Red Ignition, LLC; and Epiphany Management, LLC for grand theft, money…
Candidate Rebekah Bydlak signs term limits pledge
U.S. Term Limits (USTL), a leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised Florida U.S. House candidate Rebekah Bydlak (FL-District…
UWF Center for Cybersecurity receives National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education designation
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated the University of West Florida as a National Center of Academic Excellence in…
Governor invites public to ‘Degrees to Jobs’ Education Summit
Gov. Rick Scott is hosting later this month what is being dubbed a “Degrees to Jobs Summit,” which will address issues in the state’s higher-education…
Visit Pensacola honors five Hospitality Heroes
Five local frontline tourism-industry employees were recognized as Hospitality Heroes by Visit Pensacola officials at the inaugural National Travel & Tourism Week luncheon on Wednesday…
New ME report shows drug-related deaths, particularly heroin and fentanyl, are up in Northwest Florida
The Florida Medical Examiners have released their report on drug-related deaths for the first half of 2015. The report revealed that the First District, which…
Maybe the time has come for new Pensacola Charter Commission
Next Monday, the Pensacola City Council will hold a workshop concerning possible changes to the city charter. The most publicized proposal is to reduce the…
