Category: Politics
Escambia public schools closed Monday
(FL) SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CLOSE Â MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 DUE TO HURRICANE IDA Superintendent Timothy A. Smith has announced that all schools and offices…
Latest on Ida
From NOAA: 6:30 AM 8/29/2021 Tropical Update: #Ida is an extremely dangerous MAJOR HURRICANE with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph as of a 6:00…
Hurricane Ida heading toward La.
The latest information on Hurricane Ida is expected to undergo rapid to strengthening on today, tonight and Sunday. While the National Hurricane Service has it…
Tippett appointed to PSC board
Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Troy Tippett to the Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees. Dr. Tippett, of…
Podcast: What does FDA full approval mean for Pfizer mean
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I had Healthcare policy expert Sally Pipes to provide insight on how the full approval Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine might increase vaccinations…
Podcast: Face masks are effective
On Newstalk 1370 WCOA, Dr. Peter Jennings, the chief medical officer at Ascension Sacred Heart, talked about the research that has shown that face masks…
DeSantis loses case banning face mask mandates by school boards
Judge John C. Cooper has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to block Florida’s school districts from imposing strict mask mandates on students to curb the…
Thomas Insurance owner pleads guilty
We broke this story earlier this year. Press release: John Thomas, 51, of Pensacola pled guilty yesterday on wire fraud and money laundering charges related…
Real News line-up for Friday, Aug. 27
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, our line-up today is stellar. We will open with the latest info on the Tropical Storm Ida in the Gulf of…
Hear from experts on FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, face masks
Tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, my guest will be Sally Pipes, President, CEO, Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy at The…
Real News line-up for Thursday 8/26
On NewsTalk 1370, our line-up today includes: 7:02 Justin Beck of Beck Partners 7:30 Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls 8:00 Former NFL Super Bowl champion…
Podcast: Surfside Condo collapse – legal issues
The New York Times reports that team that developed Champlain Towers – which partially collapsed and killed 98 people – managed to build the condos…
Breaking: Garcon Pt. Bridge toll still has not dropped
On July 28, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would have FDOT cut the tolls for the Garcon Point Bridge in half. Nearly a month later,…
Polls show DeSantis out of sync with Floridians
Quinnipiac University yesterday released its poll on what Floridians think about Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decisions regarding face masks. A majority of people in Florida say…
Real News line-up for Tuesday, Aug. 24
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, we will discuss the mystery behind why the Escambia County School District hasn’t released school grades, a big victory for local…
Real News Podcasts from Monday, Aug. 23
Here are the other podcasts from yesterday: For those who want a longer listen for your workouts:
Real News: Mental Health Task Force (podcast)
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I spoke with State Rep. Michelle Salzman about the mental health task force she is organizing for Escambia County. On Aug….
Presser Notes: A Bowl of Rivals, Fairyland Prospects & bARTram
By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola High School and Booker T. Washington High School — the two public high schools falling within city limits — already…
Poll: DeSantis trails Crist, Fried
Pensacola: In a recent poll of 1000 likely Florida voters, there has been a huge swing from previous polls eight weeks earlier. Governor Ron DeSantis’…
Preview: Robinson to announce Mayor’s Bowl
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA this morning, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said the upcoming Pensacola High vs. Booker T. Washington High football game will begun the…
