Category: News
Gannett may merge with Gatehouse
Several media outlets, including USA Today, are reporting that Gannett, owner of the Pensacola News Journal , may merge with Gatehouse Media, the owner of…
Pensacola gets $12 million EDA grant
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding the City of Pensacola a $12.25 million grant to further efforts to build out…
Schools to get more mental health instruction
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Public schools will be required to teach students at least five hours of mental health…
Zeroes for Zeroes
Today, the Zero for Zeros campaign released a second round of data highlighting the disparity of banks, investment firms and other financial services companies who…
Cash incentives for teachers in struggling schools
Following Governor Ron DeSantis’ directive to recruit and maintain high quality teachers in areas of critical concern to our students, Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran…
Cervantes safety improvements unveiled
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Laid out along a long table is a bird’s-eye satellite image of West Cervantes Street depicting potential safety improvements planned for…
Escambia 8th graders may have trouble competing for jobs
Around 90 million American workers will require some degree of new training to hold onto their jobs in the near future, according to Andy Van…
Time Machine: BP, The Beast and Olbermann
In our July 18 issue, I write about how our newspaper garnered national attention when we became affiliated with The Daily Beast. When BP’s Deepwater…
State shrinks teacher bonuses, lawsuit alleges
By Ana Ceballos, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Lawyers representing teachers are accusing the Florida Department of Education of improperly allowing school districts…
Levin Papantonio wins $1.1 million award
Arbitrators with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, FINRA, awarded over $1.1 million to Levin Papantonio clients in the Mobile, Ala. area who lost investments and…
City, County look at tree ordinances
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The Pensacola City Council this week is looking at potential revisions to the city’s tree ordinance. Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy — who…
Thomas celebrates C’s
The Florida Department of Education issued 2018-19 school and district grades last Thursday. The state focused on “Aâ€â€™s and “Bâ€â€™s as the measure for success….