Category: News

Newpoint Education Partners today fired its teachers at its three charter schools in Escambia County, including Five Flags Academy-the only school that still had a…

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…

Inweekly obtained the Warrant Arrest Application for Christopher D. Fowler, the Newpoint Pensacola math teacher who was arrested on four counts of violating the state’s…

State Attorney Bill Eddins and Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas announced today that Christopher David Fowler, a teacher at Newpoint Pensaccola, has been arrested on…

What does State Rep. Matt Gaetz think about his father, State Sen. Don Gaetz, running for U.S. Senate or Congress? “Here’s what I know about…

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…

The First District Court of Appeal has ruled by a 2-1 margin that the state improperly denied a slot machine license to a horse track…

Shawn Hamilton, the director for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest District office, issued this statement: After a thorough review of the Recommended Order…

According to the plan on new LIP funding and Medicaid rates developed by the Gov. Rick Scott’s administration, HCA, his former for-profit health care company…

At least one person thought my GOP Debate Playoff was a good idea. Peter Schorsch picked it for his daily newsletter “Sunburn”: BEST IDEA OF…

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…

This morning, Inweekly received a phone call that the Rolling Hills landfill had caught fire. When we arrived Rolling Hills workers were spraying the smoldering…

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…

The 2016 Republican presidential field continues to grow. Yesterday Rick Santorum announced. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce next week. People are…

The Florida Department of Health released the following statement today upon the announcement of the Administrative Law Judge’s ruling on the challenge to the low-THC…

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…