Category: Politics
Podcast: ‘Giant Killers’ Levin Papantonio Tackle Terrorism
Giant killer Mike Papantonio and his team at Levin Papantonio, along with six other national firms, filed a lawsuit (Holladay, et al. v. Iran) on…
Putnam: We should not let complacency creep into the state [podcast]
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced two weeks ago his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Gov. Rick Scott terms out in 2018, and…
38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp starts next month
The 38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp hosted by the City of Pensacola Department of Parks and Recreation Sports Speciality Summer Camp Program will conduct…
State concealed-weapon database hacked
From The News Service of Florida: Nearly 500 people may have had their Social Security numbers obtained in a data breach at the Florida Department…
Videos of Carpenter’s Creek clean-up
This past weekend, the Emerald Coastkeepers led another clean-up of Carpenter’s Creek. Councilwoman Sherri Myers took these videos of the effort. She gave me this…
City of Pensacola holds first public input meeting of 2017
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward will seek public input for the new community center in one of the city’s most popular parks. The City of Pensacola…
Florida Senate budget chair wants a veto, too
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Florida Sen. Jack Latvala told the Tiger Bay Club Friday that he asked Gov. Rick Scott to veto the education spending…
Event Reminder: Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival, May 20-21
The third annual Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday May 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at…
Hands Across the Sand
350 Pensacola and Oceana to Host Hands Across the Sand Event on Pensacola Beach Event to Oppose New Efforts to Expand Dirty and Dangerous Offshore…
Putnam in Pensacola tomorrow, on radio today
GOP gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam will join small businesses in Pensacola for a roundtable discussion on the Gulf Coast recovery. Next, he will meet and…
Constitutional panel wrestles with Sunshine Law
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A panel of the state Constitution Revision Commission deferred a decision Wednesday on how to follow open-government…
Dog owner says he complained about bees at Bayview Park to city officials for months
“Well, I guess it takes news report on WEAR to get the city do anything,” Labrador retriever owner Mike Williamson told Inweekly yesterday. He said…
Rawson Lane showdown set for Monday
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY For nearly 15 years, Pensacola Christian College has approached the Escambia County Commission about turning Rawson Lane over to it. Each…
Farm Share Food Distribution, May 20
State Representative Frank White and Senator Doug Broxson will host Farm Share Food Distribution for Pensacola area families in need. Farm Share provides a semi-truck…
ACLU files suit against City of Pensacola over panhandling ordinance
Mayor Ashton Hayward will be hiring more attorneys. This will be a nice test of the City Attorney’s legal acumen and the mayor’s decision to…
Ryan Wiggins on 2017 legislative session [podcast]
Ryan Wiggins of Full Contact Strategies offers her take on the 2017 Florida Legislative Session. She offers praise for the efforts of Representatives Clay Ingram,…
Annual Fill the Boot campaign kicks off tomorrow at Blue Wahoo Stadium
Pensacola Fire Fighters and MDA Kick off Annual Fill the Boot Campaign at the Blue Wahoo’s game on May 18, 2017 WHAT: Members of the…
Bees cause temporarily closure of Large Dog Park at Bayview Park
The large dog park at Bayview Park is currently closed to address a beehive which has formed inside the trunk of a tree and has…
Blount Redevelopment Selection Committee gets instructions
By Duwayne Escobedo Pensacola staff instructed the three-member selection committee Tuesday on the process for choosing either the ParsCo development team’s or Gunther Properties’ proposal…
Another City of Pensacola project under DEP investigation
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has found that construction on the Bill Gregory Park stormwater pond near the corner of…
