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Traders predict Trump to win big on Super Tuesday

PredictIt traders are projecting that Donald Trump will win 10 of 11 states in the GOP Super Tuesday markets. Trumpâ€™s largest margins are in Alabama,…

Can anyone stop BP funds going elsewhere?

As I reported over the weekend, $300 million of BP settlement funds intended for the Panhandle counties that were impacted the worst by the Deepwater…

Scott requests President Obama to issue Emergency Declaration

On Feb. 29, Governor Rick Scott requested that President Barack Obama issue an emergency declaration, after touring damage in the Panhandle last week caused by…

Pensacola Speaks: Lt. Governor today

On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” I will talk with Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera who has been urging the Florida Legislature to take…

Sunshine Law training set to begin online March 1

Exceptions to Floridaâ€™s Sunshine Law have increased from 250 to more than 1,000 and it has Barbara Peterson upset. The Florida Legislature makes its own…

Pensacola Fire and Pensacola Energy knew of tornado damage

Residents on Lansing Drive are saying that both Pensacola Fire and Pensacola Energy were in their neighborhood within an hour after the tornado passed on…

Manatee homebuilder enters U.S. Senate race

Manatee businessman Carlos Beruff formally announced today that he is running for the United States Senate as a Republican. At Miami mainstay Vickyâ€™s Bakery, close…

Escambia County Tornado Assessment and Update

Century Tornado Damage Assessment Update Friday, February 26, 2016 – 2:30pm Damage Assessments Destroyed Single Family Home: 28 Mobile Homes: 21 Commercial: 3 Major Single…

Tanyards hold community clean-up tomorrow

The Tanyards residents have started a neighborhood association to try to improve their area. Their neighborhood is west of downtown Pensacola. Its boundaries are roughly:…

North Hill continues to press for public records from ECUA

Melanie Nichols, president of the North Hill Preservation Association passed along this public record request that she sent to ECUA Executive Director Steve Sorrells this…

Sanders campaign in downtown Pensacola today and tomorrow

As they have for several weeks, the March for Bernie Panhandle chapter will be waving signs at the corner of Palafox and Garden streets from…

Cruz and Trump campaigns active in Pensacola

Sen. Ted Cruz has opened a campaign headquarters at 23 S. Palafox Place, next to Global Grill. I spoke with Kelley W. Seward, a local…

Pensacola Speaks: Sherri Myers and Director of UWF Center for Entrepreneurship

On “Pensacola Speaks” today, Councilwoman Sherri Myers will be on the show at 5:10 p.n. We will discuss how her district is recovering from Tuesday’s…

Pensacola City Council member vs. City Hall to get help for Dunmire Estates

Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers had a difficult time getting the mayor’s office to respond to the havoc caused in Dunmire Estates by Tuesday’s tornado. Myers…

Trump crushes Rubio in Florida, according to new poll

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Three weeks away from the Florida primary, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is outstripping U.S. Sen. Marco…

Pensacola City Hall did not realize it had tornado damage initially

Pensacola Councilwoman Sherri Myers told Inweekly that City Administrator Eric Olson had no idea that city residents had any damage from the Tuesday tornado until…

North Hill to present petition to ECUA board today

The North Hill Preservation Association is upset about the Emerald Coast Utility Authority’s plan to build above ground, sewage storage tanks on site of the…