Vote No on 4 Florida has a disinformation ad regarding Amendment 4, attacking it for not having definitions. It asserts that it would allow for late-term abortion that anyone could perform. I…
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Daily Outtakes: Misinformation the norm this political season
For more than 100 years, the League of Women Voters (LWV) has fought to protect voters’ rights and expand access for the excluded. This weekend, LWV will have a presentation on the…
Tropical Storm Milton heading toward Tampa, may become Cat 3 hurricane
I’ve read various reports on Tropical Storm Milton. This will impact Tampa, St. Pete and Orlando. The storm will rapidly strengthen by Tuesday and may become a major Category 3 hurricane. Milton…
Podcast: Our Hurricane Helene coverage
WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” covered Hurricane Helene from Monday, Sept. 23 – when it was only a tropical disturbance, to Friday, Sept. 27 – after Hurricane Helene made landfall as…
Florida Starts Recovery After Monster Storm
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Rescue and recovery efforts were underway Friday morning in North Florida’s Big Bend region and other areas of the state after the…
Escambia County teams head to Madison County
Teams from Escambia County Emergency Operations and the Sheriff’s Office have headed to Madison County to help with recovery efforts. Madison County is east of Tallahassee and has a population of 18,519….
Helene makes landfall near Perry, downgraded
At 10:10 p.m. CDT, Hurricane Helene made landfall near Perry, Fla., as a Category 4 storm with 140-mph winds. About 80% of the residents in Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Suzanne and Taylor…
Hurricane Helene 8 p.m. update – Cat 4
Gov. Ron DeSantis warned residents of the Big Bend region, including people in hard-hit Taylor County, to make final preparations for Hurricane Helene, which grew into a Category 4 storm forecast to…
Tropical Storm Helene – Tues am update
I will have Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore on “Real News with Rick Outzen” at 7 a.m. The podcast will posted here by 7:20 a.m. On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Daily Outtakes: Salzman living high this summer
State Rep. Michelle Salzman (R-Cantonment) has lived well this summer. She faces Democrat Franscine C. Mathis in the Nov. 5 election, who has only spent $3,246 this summer on her efforts to…
Spears named Milton city manager
Ed Spears has officially assumed the role of City Manager for the City of Milton. A Pensacola native and proud graduate of B.T. Washington High School, he holds degrees in political science,…
Daily Outtakes: YASP Quiz still open, Amendment 3 boosted
You Are So Pensacola’ Quiz: Round 1 The quiz is off to a strong start. ROUND ONE: Name five stores – retail, restaurant, or bar in the two blocks of South Palafox…
Don Gaetz: Golf Courses in state parks “dumb government trick”
Former Florida Senate President Don Gaetz opposes the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s proposal to build golf courses and hotels in state parks. He questions the ethics behind the idea. “Years ago,…
Vote today: ‘Don’t stay at home’
Note: The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections reports that voting has doubled since 11 a.m. As of 2:40 p.m., 10,271 have cast votes. Democrat candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell called “Real News with Rick…
Daily Outtakes: Florida ‘hostile’ toward covering kids’ health insurance
Roadblocks to health persist for kids in FL By Eric Tegethoff, Florida News Connection Health insurance prospects for Florida kids are not improving, despite pushes to increase coverage rates in the state….
Thank you, Fred Levin
This week the News Service of Florida provided the list of future payments from Big Tobacco to the state of Florida. Fred Levin was the mastermind of the historic 1997 settlement. From…
Latest on Tropical Wave approaching Florida
Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore shared the latest on the tropical wave approaching Florida. From NOAA: Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Wed Jul…
Two candidate forums this week
Tuesday, July 16 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. The Greater Pensacola Chamber, in partnership with Pensacola Young Professionals, is hosting a candidate forum inviting Escambia County School Board and Escambia County Commission…
Dozier bill signed, new laws go in effect on July 1
On Friday, Gov. DeSantis signed the bill that provides $20 million to compensate victims of abuse at Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and another state reform school in Okeechobee County. State…
Meet Mike Burns
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) Board finalized the contract to hire local attorney Mike Burns as its new Executive Director during a special Board meeting Wednesday night, June 12. “They called…
