Category: Politics
House passes Triumph bills
From The News Service of Florida Northwest Florida counties moved closer Thursday to getting money the state received last year from the multibillion-dollar BP settlement…
Escambia County population growth lags behind surrounding counties
Since 2010, the population growth rate of Escambia County, 5.7%, has lagged behind the growth of its neighboring counties–Okaloosa 11.3%, Santa Rosa 11.5%, and Baldwin…
Council President seeks full council input on Hayward veto of budget analyst
From Pensacola Council President Brian Spencer: Mayoral Veto of #17-00186 Hiring of a Budget Analyst Although requests have been made of me as Council President…
Downtown pole still standing
The extremely tall pole that we and other downtown business owners were told was being relocated is still standing. An electric meter has been attached…
Ingram gets funding for Bluffs and airport through his committee [podcast]
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola got good news yesterday. Rep. Clay Ingram reported on “Pensacola Speaks” that infrastructure funding for FloridaWest’s Bluffs project…
Ford named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today that the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition co-founder and CEO Ken Ford is among the…
Corcoran faces the Tiger
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran isn’t afraid to challenge Gov. Rick Scott. And he didn’t shy away from the opportunity to speak before the Panhandle…
Bay Bridge Update:Traffic Flow a Priority Across Bay [see phases]
By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Susan Woolf is already in the process of moving from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola to avoid future traffic snarls during the…
Mayor Hayward still does not have working employee evaluation system (Update: but it’s coming)
Last May, we reported that Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward had discontinued the city’s job performance evaluation not long after he took office. The public records…
William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry: Olvera de la Cruz
The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) will host renowned researcher and educator Dr. Monica Olvera de…
Constitution Revision Commission starts work
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The once-every-20-years process of updating Florida’s basic law began Monday, as the Constitution Revision Commission held its…
Englewood Neighborhood Cleanup collects 58 tons of debris
Escambia County collected and disposed of more than 58 tons (116,580 pounds) of debris during the March 15 Englewood Neighborhood Cleanup, as part of the…
State budget cloudy thanks to latest forecast
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Another slight change Friday to the state’s estimated future tax revenues did little to alter the situation…
Pensacola mayor pushes downtown parking problems to volunteer board
Last week, the Pensacola News Journal wrote about concerns of a high-rise condominium being built on a city-owned parking lot. When asked about the impact…
Pensacola Beach toll reduced
At the Thursday, March 16 commission meeting, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners approved a reduction in the Pensacola Beach General Public Annual Pass, reducing…
Triumph spending proposal advances
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Efforts by Panhandle lawmakers to steer BP settlement money toward counties most impacted by the 2010 Deepwater…
Gwen Graham speaking Pensacola, March 24
Former Congresswoman Gwen Graham, who may be running for governor in 2018, will be coming to Pensacola on March 24, to be the keynote speaker…
Podcast: Studer on burnout
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” Quint Studer discussed his upcoming column for the Pensacola News Journal on Burnout and Work-life balance.
Council on Aging responds to cuts in Meals on Wheels
Today, President Trump sent his Budget Blueprint, also known as a “skinny budget,†to Congress with a plan to release further details in the coming…
Next Regional Roundup set for April 1 at Bailey Middle School
The Escambia County Waste Services Department will host the next Regional Roundup on Saturday, April 1 from 8 a.m. until noon at Bailey Middle School,…
