UWF’s Lumpy DeWeese interned in Congress this summer, met Saban and Gingrich, and now he’s back preparing for the Argonauts’ first D1 football season.
Category: Federal
Andrade Unimpressed With DeSantis’ Medicaid Fraud Effort
Medicaid Fraud Andrade: DeSantis Medicaid Initiative Is Cover, Not Cure The state lawmaker who knows Medicaid better than anyone in the Florida House calls the governor’s new anti-fraud push a legacy cleanup…
Democrats, Voting Rights Groups Challenge DeSantis’ Map
See you in court.’ Democrats, voting rights groups, and editorial boards are lighting up over DeSantis’s ‘Dummymander’—and lawsuits are already being promised.
Inweeky: Ani DiFranco, Cryptids, Sociology Stupidity
Ani DiFranco hits Vinyl Music Hall, a teen playwright debuts Mothman in love, and the Children’s Trust rewrites the rules after a scandal. Read Inweekly.
Pensacola Job Market Flat, Federal Government Sector Key to Future
Economy Florida’s Job Market Keeps Slipping—But Pensacola Is Holding Its Ground The state shed 36,700 jobs over the past year while unemployment climbed to 4.6%. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties tracked the…
Will Congressman Jimmy Patronis Switch to D2? Update: “Hell No”
Update: Congressman Jimmy Patronis shouted, “Hell No!” over the phone. He says he has no plans to switch, citing his support of the military and rapid growing economic development in the district…
Florida Faces $1 Billion SNAP Crisis
Florida taxpayers are about to feel the financial squeeze from sweeping federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). A new Florida TaxWatch report reveals that provisions in the “One Big…
Top Reads: Week Ended Oct. 25, 2025
Readers are curious about what will happen to the Grand Hotel, which towers over the Pensacola Bay Center. For months, we have heard rumors that a deal was imminent. Commissioner Lumon May…
Daily Outtakes: Trump frees Pensacola’s famous jailbird—Todd Chrisley
Pensacola’s most famous federal inmate is getting his freedom back. Todd Chrisley, the patriarch of the hit reality show “Chrisley Knows Best,” has been serving his 12-year sentence at the Federal Prison…
Top Reads: Week Ended May 17, 2025
Breaking the news that University of West Florida President Dr. Martha Saunders had resigned set off the busiest week for this blog, with 88,343 readers following what was happening with UWF, Tourism,…
Here are the Top 10 Blog Posts -April 2025
We have set new web records every month this year, driven by our investigation of the issues that concern our readers and our provision of insights others miss. Our readership is up…
Breaking: Andrade ends Hope Florida probe
The Tampa Bay Times has reported that the Florida House investigation into the Hope Florida Foundation is concluding without testimony from key figures. As we have reported, Representative Alex Andrade, the Pensacola…
Pensacola: DeSantis’ Waterloo
Governor Ron DeSantis may have finally met his political Waterloo in Northwest Florida. What began as routine appointments to the University of West Florida’s Board of Trustees has ignited unprecedented resistance from…
Gay Valimont: A Different Kind of Democrat for FL-01
With the April 1 special election fast approaching, I interviewed Democratic candidate Gay Valimont and asked her to make her case to voters across Northwest Florida’s First Congressional District. This isn’t Gay Valimont’s…
Daily Outtakes: The Fight for UWF’s Soul—Dr. Judy Bense Speaks Out
This week on “We Don’t Color On the Dog,” we had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Judy Bense, President Emeritus of the University of West Florida. We’ve known each other…
Protest to Stand Up for Gulf Islands National Seashore
Press Release: Concerned community members and park advocates will gather at the Pensacola Graffiti Bridge at noon on Sunday, March 2, to demonstrate their commitment to protecting national parks and public lands….
Daily Outtakes: Familiar name appointed to head State Immigration Enforcement
Former public safety “czar” Larry Keefe appointed the executive director of the State Board of Immigration Enforcement as Florida gears up to help ICE.
Trump fires national archivist; historians object
The American Historical Association has sent a letter to President Trump regarding the firing of the United States Archivist. The job cannot be political.
Daily Outtakes: Andrade discusses Special Session dynamics
The Florida Legislature’s passage of the Trump Act exposed unprecedented tensions between state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who says he will veto it.
Trump’s Day Six, plus news reports
OFFICIAL POSTS BY THE WHITE HOUSE READOUT Today, President Donald J. Trump held a call with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, in which King Abdullah congratulated President Trump on his…