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Newpoint fires teachers
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 charter agreement. The teachers will be paid…
House, Senate still stuck in health debate
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 with the unfinished business left over from…
Warrant gives details on Newpoint Pensacola cheating scandal
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 Test Security Rules during the period of…
Newpoint Pensacola teacher charged
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 four misdemeanor charges for violating Florida’s Test…
Matt Gaetz says dad has a lot more to give
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 my dad, Sen. Gaetz.†said Rep. Gaetz…
Feds wary of Scott’s LIP plan
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 for the future, an official said Friday….
Special Session begins today, health care opens spurring
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 out a budget for FY 2016. Governor…
BTW HCA gave $100k to Scott PAC
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 same day he appointed his commission…
First DCA ruling could lead to slot machines at dog and horse tracks
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 in Gadsden County. The court said the…
DEP issues final order closing Rolling Hills
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 issued on March 2, 2015, by Administrative…
HCA stands to make $71 million from Scott LIP funding and Medicaid plan
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 that runs 46 hospitals in the state,…
GOP Debate Playoff gets statewide attention
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 THE DAY – “Replace GOP presidential debates…
Navy Federal: Best Place to Work for Millennials
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 global leader in researching and understanding Millennials….
Americans for Prosperity attack Senate LIP plan
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 provide health care to low-income, uninsured Floridians….
Rolling Hills landfill on fire
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 embers with water. Wedgwood residents were standing…
Baptist, Sacred Heart and Santa Rosa Medical will lose nearly $2.5 million under Scott LIP replacement plan
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 plan to replace Low Income Pool (LIP)…
League asks state lawmakers to give up their health insurance until statewide plan approved
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 pay $180 a month for the family…
Replace GOP presidential debates with a playoff system
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 concerned how the Republican Party can do…
DOH releases official statement on Charlotte’s Web ruling
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 cannabis rule. “Today’s ruling allows the department…