City of Pensacola launches speakers bureau

This week, the City of Pensacola announced on its “Transparent Pensacola” page the creation of a speakers bureau to provide public speakers for local clubs,…

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VT MAE within budget and set to open Spring 2018

On Monday, Dave Penzone, the consultant hired by Mayor Ashton Hayward to oversee the VT MAE project at the Pensacola International Airport, updated the Pensacola…

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Governor gets $1.5B from Trump Administration for health care

As the House and Senate get ready to start negotiating a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, Gov. Rick Scott and federal officials announced Wednesday…

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Dueling Opinions on Veto

The interpretation of the Pensacola City Charter continues to be like deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls for city officials. At the special meeting on April 10,…

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Studers may convert SunTrust building to conference center

Nearly two years after Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward rejected the Studers’ lease agreement to build a conference center and the UWF Center for Entrepreneurship at…

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Galvez Symposium, April 28

The University of West Florida Historic Trust, in association with the Pensacola Heritage Foundation, is hosting a Symposium on the Governor of Louisiana and Viceroy…

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Broxson: Triumph process like ‘Gilligan’s Island’ [podcast]

When asked for an updated on the legislation regarding the distribution of $300-million of Triumph Gulf Coast funds, State Sen. Doug Broxson said, “It feels…

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Cannada-Wynn pulls Morris Court playground off agenda again

Pensacola City Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn has wanted to permanently close the Morris Court playground for months, despite opposition from the neighborhood. She and Mayor Ashton…

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City Council to get budget analyst, mayor accepts defeat

The Pensacola City Council voted unanimously, 7-0, to override Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the hiring of a budget analyst at a special meeting Monday…

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NSA names UWF its National Center of Academic Excellence Cybersecurity Regional Resource Center

UWF named by NSA as National Center of Academic Excellence Cybersecurity Regional Resource Center for the Southeast region Pensacola, Fla. – April 10, 2017 –…

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Myers and Cannada-Wynn ask City Council to override Hayward veto

The Pensacola City Council hold today at 3:30 p.m. a special meeting to discuss Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council action to hire a…

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MLB Pitch Hit & Run coming to Pensacola, April 22 [podcast]

Former Pensacola Council President Charles Bare has teamed with Quint Studer, co-owner of the Blue Wahoos, to bring back RBI Pensacola, a youth baseball program…

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Studer: Practice makes perfect [podcast]

Quint Studer discusses how a conversation with Orioles manager Buck Showalter led to this week’s column in the News Journal.

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Fleming: Mayor cannot veto Council hiring a budget analyst

Pensacola attorney Ed Fleming reviewed Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the Pensacola City Council hiring a budget analyst. His client shared that opinion with Inweekly….

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Budget analyst might reveal details of legal fees

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward vetoed the Pensacola City Council hiring a budget analyst, a position the voters approved in a 2014 charter amendment. The council…

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DIB releases guidelines for street performers (update)

Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) today announced it is working to create guidelines that will “preserve the authenticity of what street performances represent” within the…

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Morris Court playground closure to be debated

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn want to give the playground in Morris Court back to the Area Housing Commission. The playground has…

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Pensacola mayor works out payment plan with Port tenant

Next week, Mayor Ashton Hayward will ask the Pensacola City Council to approve a new financial agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services, a…

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Domestic violence leads to two more deaths

NorthEscambia.com reports the Santa Rosa County deputies were called to the home on Hazel Godwin Road south of Chumuckla Highway shortly before daybreak. Two people…

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Two more county town halls in April

The Escambia County is hosting its ninth and tenth town hall meetings in April. District 3 Commissioner Lumon May will host a town hall meeting…

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