Category: Politics
Gun measures expected to re-emerge in 2017 session
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The mass shootings in an Orlando nightclub this week have fueled the already-polarizing issues of gun rights…
PMA becomes part of UWF, beginning July 1
The University of West Florida has entered into a gift agreement with the Pensacola Museum of Art to transfer the museum to the University of…
Lopez Cantera offers to step aside if Marco Rubio enters U.S. Senate race
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, who is running for the U.S. Senate, has sent out an email to supporters stating that he would step aside if…
Designated Florida House Speaker on ‘Pensacola Speaks’ today
State Rep. Richard Corcoran (R-Pasco County) will be guest at 5:33 pm today on News Talk 1370’s “Pensacola Speaks.” Corcoran is the incoming Speaker of…
Commissioner still looks for answers on mosquito facility remediation
In preparation for tomorrow’s Escambia County Commission meeting, PNJ reporter Will Isern presented the City of Pensacola’s case for the county to pay for the…
Four Pensacola City Council seats up for grabs, few running
The Pensacola City Council has four seats that go before the voters this year. The incumbents have pre-filed for their seats: District 1 P.C. Wu;…
Massacre becomes part of political landscape
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Sunday’s horrific massacre at a gay club in Orlando may have deepened the chasm between an increasingly…
May loses primary as DC voters vote out 3 Council members
On the Tuesday primaries in the nation’c capital, primary voters in D.C. tossed three incumbents off the District’s Council in favor of two challengers and…
Arguments that won confirmation for Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen
The Pensacola City Council on Monday confirmed Mayor Ashton Hayward’s appointment of David Allen as the city’s fire chief by a 5-3 vote. Council members…
Blog survives another hacker attack
Posts on Orlando shooting apparently attracted cyber attacks. Techies swept site. We are clean. Unfortunately we had to delete comments posted the last few days.
Pensacola Promise Zone can be resurrected with leadership
Last week, the Obama Administration named the final nine Promise Zones–high poverty areas in select urban, rural and tribal communities. The Pensacola Promise Zone was…
Orlando shooting: Even if we do all the right things, inevitably someone is able to commit an act like this [podcast]
Yesterday, I interviewed Dr. Jacob Shively on News Talk 1370’s “Pensacola Speaks.” He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the University…
Pensacola Beach Renourishment Project to begin mid-June
Following project delays over the winter months of 2015-2016, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is set to begin work soon to restore and renourish…
Lee tops local candidates in May campaign contributions
For the month of May, Buck Lee topped all local candidates in monetary contributions to his campaign for Escambia County tax collector with $$8,630. He…
Pensacola native faces re-election in D.C.
LaRuby May is up for re-election today. The Pensacola High graduate and daughter of the late Rev. Theophalis May and Mary May represents Ward 8…
Orlando gunman cleared background checks
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The gunman who carried out a massacre early Sunday in an Orlando nightclub passed all of the…
Civil rights leader to speak out against Pensacola Fire Chief appointment
Ellison Bennett, a national board member of the National Movement for Human and Civil Rights, told Inweekly this morning that he will speak out against…
Cross Debate still unscheduled [podcast]
The proposed debate between Amanda Kondrat’yev and Rep. Matt Gaetz on whether the Bayview Park cross should be allowed to remain on public land has…
Scott wants Obama to declare federal emergency after Orlando attack
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Calling the massacre at an Orlando nightclub “an attack on our state and entire nation,” Gov. Rick…
Wilcox coming to Pensacola Tuesday
Todd Wilcox, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, today announced a statewide tour aimed at discussing national security with Floridians. The three-day tour, “Preserving Peace…
