Category: News
Local lawmakers’ bills dying in Senate
State Rep. Michelle Salzman texted that her Walkability bill (HB 229) – which involved school safety – has died because the Florida Senate never moved…
No Potty Talk
Pensacola Goes Quiet on Temporary Toilets Due to Lawsuit by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly City of Pensacola officials have decided to suspend any discussions regarding the…
Foo Foo grant application deadline April 30
Following the call for applicants in February, grant applications for this year’s Foo Foo Festival are now coming to a close on Friday, April 30. To…
Andrade transgender bill stalls in Senate
A proposal co-introduced by Pensacola’s State Rep. Alex Andrade that would make it more difficult for transgender female athletes to compete on girls’ and women’s…
Lawsuit wants to flush toilet plan
Lawsuit Filed to Nix Admiral Mason Toilets by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The plan to locate temporary toilets at Admiral Mason Park is turning into a…
Buzz: County may spy on employee computers
Sources have shared Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley has asked the county’s IT department to look into installing ActivTrak, a cloud-based monitoring tool that would let…
Presser Notes: Three Chiefs & the Double-edged Sword
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola has narrowed its search for a police chief down to three candidates. Let the questions about the…
Pensacola dropped from House cruise ship bill
A legislative effort to overturn a 2020 vote by Key West residents to limit cruise-ship operations continues to be narrowed to the Monroe County tourism…
Shrimp Basket gives away a car to recruit new hires
Shrimp Basket is offering a unique incentive to join their team—the chance to win a brand new vehicle. Current team members and those hired between…
MESS Hall: Citizen Science Initiative
The Pensacola MESS Hall is recruiting members of the general public to become citizen scientists. Armed with phones and computers, these citizen scientists will gather…
Oops!…Gilley did it again
At their Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 15, Escambia County commissioners learned that the administration had told Pensacola Bay Center’s management company not…
Pensacola police chief finalists
The selection committee for the next Chief of Police for the Pensacola Police Department has recommended three finalists to move forward in the selection process…