Category: Education
Daily Outtakes: Chaos, Reimagining, More Nurses
Congressional Chaos Congress passed an emergency funding bill to avoid a federal government shutdown. Our congressman, Matt Gaetz, announced that he is filing a motion…
SEC Soccer Tournament tickets on sale
Several nationally-ranked Southeastern Conference soccer teams will be competing for the SEC Championship title from Sunday, Oct. 29, through Sunday, Nov. 5, at Ashton Brosnaham…
Daily Outtakes: Salzman, McDaniel, Lutimothy shuffle
State Rep. Michelle Salzman has scuttled her bill, HJR 19, to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would set term limits. On…
Daily Outtakes: Say bye to D.R. Horton, Lutimothy and hello NYC
D.R. Horton has pulled its offer to buy 297 acres of OLF-8 in the Beulah area, according to an email published by NorthEscambia.com. The home…
Escambia book battle continues
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With Escambia County a key battleground in a broader debate about school books, plaintiffs in…
UWF ranks top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s Top Public Schools – Regional South Rankings
Pensacola, Fla. – Sept. 18, 2023 – For the second consecutive year, the University of West Florida ranks in the top 10 public institutions in…
Report details voucher growth
By Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 123,000 new students have received private-school vouchers after state lawmakers this year passed a major expansion of voucher programs,…
Real News: Wednesday, Sept. 13
Commissioner Lumon May shares his frustrations with Baptist officials and the Escambia Children’s Trust. A remarkable interview with ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman….
Escambia Children’s Trust keeps handing out money
By Tom St. Myer With a dwindling staff and a strategic plan yet to be finalized, the Escambia Children’s Trust board still awarded over $2…
Daily Outtakes: Tango in Pensacola?
The Escambia County School Board is asking a judge to move from Jacksonville to Pensacola a federal lawsuit about access in school libraries to the…
Daily Outtakes: Children’s Trust suffers another loss
Kim Krupa submitted her resignation yesterday, effective Oct. 13. Krupa has served for the past year as Escambia Children’s Trust‘s Director of Programs and Performance….
Daily Outtakes: Somebody get a marker
On Saturday, Leon County Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that a congressional redistricting plan pushed through the Legislature by Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the Florida…
Injunction hearing set in Escambia book fight
A federal judge has scheduled a Sept. 15 hearing in a request for a preliminary injunction in a fight about access in school libraries to…
Daily Outtakes: Argo Football tonight
UWF begins its seventh season of football tonight at 6 p.m., welcoming Kentucky Wesleyan to Pen Air Field. The Argonauts are 56-21 all-time and have…
UWF reenacts the trial of James Meredith
University of West Florida Department of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Legal Studies and UWF Department of Theatre will present the James Meredith Trial Reenactment and…
Daily Outtakes: Idalia now Cat 4, downgraded Cat 3 before landfall
Update – 6:45 am: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IDALIA MAKES LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND… …. The media reports it made landfall near…
Daily Outtakes: Escambia tops state in book complaints, award-winning coffee
Escambia Schools Lead the State …in books being banned. The Tampa Bay Times reports that most of Florida’s counties have few challenges about their school…
Gov. DeSantis directs $1 million for Edward Waters University for campus security
Over the weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis condemned the horrific, racially-motivated murders in Jacksonville near Edward Waters University. He announced an initial, immediate award of $1…
Daily Outtakes: Idalia coming, former PNJ reporter honored
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and hit Florida in the Big Bend area on Wednesday away from Escambia and Santa…
