Category: Politics
Sheriff’s Roundtable – Round 2
Escambia County Gun Violence Round Table on Wednesday, Jan. 18 The public is invited to attend the Escambia County Gun Violence Round Table hosted by…
City rolls dice on art again
The Chute Des Cubes public art unveiling ceremony scheduled for today at Admiral Mason Park was rescheduled to Friday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. due…
Reeves headed to Harvard
Here is the official announcement on what we reported earlier this week: The Mayors’ Institute on City Design and Just City Lab have announced the 2023…
Real News: Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023
Pensacola International Airport director Matt Coughlin discusses how the FAA computer issues yesterday impacted flights. Tim Kinsella discusses the Mayor’s Transition Team report. As the…
Pensacola to study burial ground at Miraflores Park
Pensacola to Study Burial Ground at Miraflores Park by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Following the discovery of human remains in Miraflores Park and verification that the…
Real News: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023
State Rep. Alex Andrade has a different take on Congressman Matt Gaetz’s opposition to Rep. Kevin McCarthy becoming Speaker of the House: “You can’t fix…
Archives show Havana Square was a ‘negro graveyard’ in 1887
Yesterday, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves announced that as a result of research following the discovery of human remains at Miraflores Park in June 2021, the…
Presser Notes: How Best to Spend Last Year’s Leftovers?
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly While on vacation in South America, Mayor D.C. Reeves received some troubling news: a longtime Pensacola business, the Apple Market, had…
Real News: Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves discusses his MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship, among other things. The City of Pensacola has installed two new 4-way stops and…
Mayor announces investments in Public Safety, City Strategic Planning and Maintenance
Last week, Mayor D.C. Reeves hinted this on my radio show. Today, he announced plans to allocate funding from the City of Pensacola’s budget to…
Let FCC know about your internet service
Escambia County residents are encouraged to validate the accuracy of the Federal Communications Commission’s new national broadband map. The map details where internet service is…
Real News: Monday, Jan. 9, 2023
Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh recaps the Board of County Commissioners meeting held on Thursday, Jan. 5 – including approvals for a $5-Million Dollar boat…
Roger Scott Pool House a priority
Facility Upgrade Raises Deep-End Questions by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The city of Pensacola has plans to reinvest some money — so-called carry forward funds —…
Reeves named mayoral fellow
Pensacola Mayor D. C. Reeves has been named a 2023 MICD Just City Mayoral Fellow, a cohort of eight mayors who will spend a semester digging…
Real News: Friday, Jan. 6, 2023
Will Kennedy discusses UWF Argos for 2023. Pensacola Parade People is the only store dedicated solely to parade supplies in Pensacola. Audrey Preston has the…
Yoshimi Core named the 2022 Volunteer Fire Officer of the Year
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, Escambia County Fire Rescue Assistant District Fire Chief by the Florida Fire Chiefs’ Association. Chief Core began his career with Escambia…
Real News: Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023
Escambia Children’s Trust board chair Stephanie White explains the changes made in the grant review process. As we wait on the return of Idaho murder…
2023 Fish Fest
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Miami Marlins will host the second annual Fish Fest at Blue Wahoos Stadium on Thursday, January 19 from 6:00 until…
Gaetz wants McCarthy out of Speaker’s office
In anticipation of winning the House Speaker position, GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy moved into the speaker’s office. After losing three votes yesterday, Congressman Matt Gaetz…
Escambia Children’s Trust not advancing cash or paying for buildings
The Escambia Children’s Trust Board of Directors met yesterday and made the decision not to advance cash to providers because of concerns over tracking and…
