Category: Business

Governor Rick Scott yesterday announced that Area Development magazine awarded Florida, through its principal economic development organization Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), the Silver Shovel award…

Press Release: It can be difficult for businesses to fully recover after a natural disaster strikes. In an effort to help local businesses prepare for…

The City of Pensacola reports Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has affirmed the “BBB” rating of Pensacola International Airport’s revenue bonds and has revised its…

The Mayor’s Office announced today that Chick-fil-A will open tomorrow at the Pensacola International Airport, completing the year-long transition to OHM food concessions at the…

Senate Appropriations Committee is tired of the games the Scott administration is playing in the legislative battle over health care. On Monday, state Medicaid director…

By BRANDON LARRABEE AND MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A rare June special session began Monday with legislative leaders promising to get done…

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is wary of approving a state proposal for helping fund hospitals without knowing more about Florida’s plan…

How the state provides health care coverage for its low income families could be decided over the next 20 days as the Florida Legislature hammers…

HCA, the for-profit health care system that stands to make $72 million under AHCA’s proposed LIP/Medicaid plan, donated $100,000 to Governor Rick Scott’s political committee…

Navy Federal Credit Union announced today it has been recognized as a “Best Place to Work for Millennials” by The Center for Generational Kinetics, a…

Americans for Prosperity, conservative political advocacy groups established by David and Charles Koch, released a new ad today to fight the Florida Senate’s plan to…

Governor Rick Scott is still going after hospitals. Of Pensacola’s three hospitals, West Florida Hospital is the only one that will benefit from his proposed…

The League of Women Voters of Florida State president Pamela Goodman yesterday challenged Florida lawmakers to suspend their state-paid subsidized health care coverage–for which they…

Judge W. David Watkins has thrown out the last challenge against the rules established by the Florida Department of Health for Charlotte’s Web. The application…

The Florida Senate’s FHIX (Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange) is not getting much praise from Gov. Rick Scott and Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. Senate…

Senate President Andy Gardiner sent out today a press release on an amended Florida Health Insurance Affordability Exchange – a key component of the Senate’s…

Space Florida, the state’s aerospace and spaceport development authority, has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the University of West Florida Center for Research…

The latest statistics from the Florida Department of Employment Opportunity show that Escambia County added more 22 jobs in April 2015 than the county had…

Press Release: There is no denying the warm weather is here to stay. The SOGO area of downtown Pensacola wants you to kick off the…

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos stadium won MiLB.com’s first-ever “Best Seat in the House” contest after fans across the nation voted the view from the Double-A…