City Attorney opines Council resolutions are not necessarily binding

Pensacola City Attorney Lysia Bowling has issued her legal opinion on whether resolutions adopted by the Pensacola City Council are binding if the mayor does…

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Matt Gaetz: ‘Government shouldn’t pull a bait and switch’ (podcast)

Governor Rick Scott signed the bill that grandfathered the Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption (EDATE) for the Studers’ proposed apartment complex and similar projects…

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Florida Supreme Court backs paying attorney fees in public record violations

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday issued a broadly worded ruling that made clear public agencies are…

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Gaetz announces ‘Fight Washington’ Bus Tour

Today, State Rep. Matt Gaetz (R – Fort Walton Beach) announced his campaign’s Fight Washington Bus Tour across the 1st Congressional District on Saturday, April…

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Update on efforts to break school to prison pipeline, April 18

LWV Pensacola Bay Area, ACLU, Coffee Party, Escambia Youth Justice Coalition, and Escambia County School District invite the community to the fourth public forum on…

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WTH: The city conducted no random drug tests of Pensacola Police for two years

For half a month, Inweekly has tried to get the City of Pensacola to release information on its random drug testing (Read more). City Attorney…

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Escambia County to get its own Boys & Girls Clubs

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast (BGCEC) announced yesterday that a new organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Pensacola (BGCGP), would be…

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Inweekly prepares Public Records lawsuit against City Attorney

Apparently City Attorney Lysia Bowling’s public record training didn’t take. Since March 29, Inweekly has attempted to get public records concerning the city’s random drug…

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Pensacola Speaks: Matt Gaetz, DIB chair John Peacock

Today I will interview Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board chairman John Peacock about the DIB decisions on Gallery Night and Pelican Drop. In the second half,…

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Ingram: An eight-year guy (podcast)

When Clay Ingram was first elected to the Florida House in 2010, people in Tallahassee wanted to know if planned to serve a full four…

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Studer: ‘If you change one child’s life, you can change a whole history’ (podcast)

“If you want to make an impact, you can’t try to make an impact on 10 things. You pick one,” Quint Studer said in an…

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Citrus forecast shows slight improvement

Florida’s struggling citrus industry received some heartening news Tuesday as the orange forecast has increased for the current season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released…

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Pensacola Speaks: Clay Ingram, Rebekah Johansen Bydlak

State Rep. Clay Ingram will discuss his decision to run for another term in the Florida House on “Pensacola Speaks” today at 5:10 p.m. In…

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Tale of Two Pensacolas

Last week, Zach Jenkins, director of the Haas Center at the University of West Florida, published a column that showed our region’s economic recovery has…

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Pensacola Relay for Life comes to downtown Pensacola, May 21

David and Kim Stafford are chairing the Pensacola Relay for Life Event that will be held on Saturday, May 21 at the Community Maritime Park….

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DIB drops Pelican Drop, Gallery Night to sunset in Sept

The Downtown Improvement Board decided this morning to not sponsor Pelican Drop, the city’s annual New Year Eve’s event, this year. According to DIB chairman…

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Another Republican files for Congress

Today 25-year-old native Floridian Rebekah Johansen Bydlak announced her Republican candidacy for the state’s 1st Congressional District. Born and raised in McDavid community in north…

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White posts $112K for House District 2, raised in one week

Political newcomer Frank White posted impressive numbers for his first campaign report – $111,970. And he raised the money in only five business days. White’s…

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Joe Hobbs Pop-Up on Palafox Gallery opens April 15

Friday April 15th, Gallery Night, marks the first viewing day of the special exhibition Sunsets and Seashells at the Pop-Up on Palafox Gallery. The Pop…

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Pensacola Speaks: Quint Studer and David Stafford

On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” I will discuss the Studer Community Institute’s initiative to improve early learning and school readiness in Escambia County…

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