Pinellas School District staff recommends closing three Newpoint charter schools

Pinellas County School Board discussed this morning a staff recommendation to shut down three charter schools managed by Newpoint Education Partners, the company that was…

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Performance evaluations rare at Pensacola City Hall since 2011

Inweekly made a public record request for the last job performance evaluations for 31 employees listed on the city’s website. Three of the employees listed…

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Miami-Dade County judge rules state death penalty law unconstitutional

By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A Miami-Dade County judge ruled Monday that a state law allowing the death penalty to be imposed…

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Hoskins to join Gulf Power

Gulf Power announced today that Capt. Keith Hoskins, former commanding officer at Naval Air Station Pensacola, will join the Gulf Power team June 1. Hoskins…

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Ice Flyers Championship Celebration today, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The Pensacola Bay Center will host a championship celebration for the Pensacola Ice Flyers Monday, May 9. This celebration will mark the third one in…

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ACE announce grant winners

Art, Culture and Entertainment, (ACE), Inc. today announced the recipients of nearly $300,000 in grant funding for the third annual Foo Foo Festival (Foo Foo…

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Broxson tops $50K in bid for Florida Senate

Trying to succeed outgoing Sen. Greg Evers in a Northwest Florida Senate district, State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, raised more than $50,000 in April…

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Stafford warns council of adding too many charter amendments to ballot

Escambia Supervisor of Elections David Stafford is concerned that adding a lot of city charter amendments to the ballot might cause problems next November. May…

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Johnson wants to attract young talent to Pensacola City Council

Today, the Pensacola City Council will hold a workshop to discuss 11 proposed amendments to the Pensacola City Council. The News Journal published a viewpoint…

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Untangling Newpoint Education Partners and its charter schools

Since the State Attorney’s Office announced that it had gotten indictments against Newpoint Education Partners and three of its vendors, former teachers, administrators and parents…

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First District state attorney and public defender elected unopposed

With the end of qualifying at noon Friday, 12 state-attorney candidates across the state clinched election as they did not draw opposition. Incumbents made up…

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Fire Station No. 3 evacuated due to mold

Former Pensacola City Council President Maren Deweese reported yesterday that Fire Station 3 that’s located on Summit Boulevard has been evacuated. She wrote that station…

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