Grover working on a budget plan

County Commissioner Grover Robinson last week said on “Pensacola Speaks” that he believes the county can give Sheriff David Morgan more money for raises but…

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Pensacola appears to be the only choice for Pelicans

The City of Pensacola may be the only remaining city interested in hosting the G League team of the New Orleans Pelicans. Shreveport Mayor Ollie…

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Survey: Attitudes toward economy and job growth hold but show huge improvements in past decade

The Quality of Life Survey shows that locals have the same attitude about economic conditions this year as they did in 2016. The positive rating…

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ATU Local 1771 put in hands of trustee

Yesterday, Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown was sent a letter from the Amalgamated Transit Union headquarters informing him that the union that represents the county’s…

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Survey: Pensacola voters gave Superintendent Thomas and School Board much lower ratings

The Pensacola Young Professionals’ Quality Life Survey revealed a significant drop in job performance ratings for School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the Escambia County School…

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PYP Quality of Life survey shows more people believe county and city going in right direction

The Pensacola Young Professionals released their 10th Annual Quality of Life Survey this morning that showed more people believe Escambia County and City of Pensacola…

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Buzz: Pelicans like Bay Center

The New Orleans Pelicans have made another round of visits with Escambia County Commissioners individually. We’ve been told that the NBA team is very interested…

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Dosev ready to take on Gaetz again

Cris Dosev has filed to run against Congressman Matt Gaetz in 2018. Last year, Dosev placed third behind Gaetz and State Sen. Greg Evers in…

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New candidate files for State House

Vikki Garrett announced her bid for the Florida House of Representatives District 1 open seat. Garrett grew up in District 1 and said in her…

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Crittenden named County’s mass transit director

Escambia County took another step towards taking over management of Escambia County Area Transit, a move that may save nearly a million dollars according to…

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Inweekly article on rising jail costs praised

We received a note yesterday from Rory Fleming of the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School  praising our article “Straight Outta Options.” Dear Rick,…

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Underhill: ‘Vagina hat’ comment creates a stir

Escambia Commission chairman Doug Underhill created a social media controversy when he asked one of his critics whether she was “one of those people walking…

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