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More candidate qualify

More candidates qualified to run yesterday: Pensacola City Council, District 5: Gerald Wingate – Nonpartisan Office Pensacola City Council, District 7: Anny Shepard – Nonpartisan…

Mayor Hayward to post FY 2017 budget in July

According to city officials, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward plans to release his sixth budget next month. â€œThe proposed budget document will be posted on the…

Greater Pensacola Chamber honored by Florida Public Service Commission

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) is pleased to award its June Helping Hand recognition to the Greater Pensacola Chamber (GPC). The Chamber envisions a…

DeSantis out of Senate race, Jolly qualifies for House race

From The News Service of Florida: DESANTIS EXITS SENATE RACE, TO RUN FOR HOUSE SEAT Just hours after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio announced he will…

Lopez-Cantera endorses Rubio, encourages Beruff and Wilcox to withdraw

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera issued the following statement regarding Marco Rubio’s decision to seek re-election to the U.S. Senate: “I want to thank all of…

Evers gun giveaway ‘screams of desperation’ [podcast]

Full Contact Strategies CEO Ryan Wiggins wasn’t impressed with State Sen. Greg Evers’ AR-15 giveaway contest for those who like his Facebook page. Evers is…

More candidates qualify [podcast]

The following new candidates qualified yesterday for office in the 2016 election: Congress: James Zumwalt, Republican State Senate: Doug Baldwin Republican, Mike Hill Republican Sheriff:…

Buzz: Rubio will announce U.S. Senate run today

The Washington Post is reporting that Marco Rubio will announce that he is running for his U.S. Senate. The latest polls show he immediately becomes…

Timeline shows Hayward administration created stormwater pond crisis

Yesterday afternoon, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward didnâ€™t get the $316,600 that he requested from the Escambia Board of County Commissioners for the clean up of…

Trump sends out ‘ask’ email, pledges to match contributions up to $2M

The presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has sent out his first fundraising email. He has pledged to match all contributions made in the first…

Evers and his AR 15 giveaway create uproar

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Barely a week after the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history, state Sen. Greg Evers —…

Poll: Clinton opens lead in Florida

By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Getting a boost from independent voters and adding to her advantage among women, Democrat Hillary Clinton has…

Qualified candidates as of June 20

Here is the list of candidates that qualified yesterday, including former boxer Smoke Gainer of ECUA District 3. The deadline to qualify is noon, Friday,…

BCC meeting on mosquito control facility tomorrow

Escambia County has published its agenda for tomorrow’s special Board of County Commissioners meeting that will be held at 4 p.m. in commission chambers –…

Miller: Pretending radical Islamic terrorism doesn’t exist isn’t going to make it go away

The FBI today released a redacted transcript of the 911 call Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen made during his attack. The transcript has been scrubbed…

Evers announces AR-15 rifle giveaway

On Father’s Day, U.S. Congressional Candidate Greg Evers announced a Facebook contest to award a custom-built AR-15 rifle to one randomly chosen resident of the…

Olson talks about airport annexation, Government Street pond, BP funds and MWBE

City Administrator Eric Olson gave his monthly report at the Pensacola City Council meeting on June 16. His five-minute report covered the Airport Commerce Park,…