Category: Politics

The Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees did in less than 48 hours what Mayor Ashton Hayward and his COO Tamara Fountain failed to…

By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA After a heated public hearing, the Walton County Commission on Tuesday voted to postpone for two weeks…

On June 18, the Pensacola City Council held a workshop on two development proposals. CBRE and MCM-BAP presented on a proposed hotel, mixed housing and…

The height of dysfunction is to hold a council workshop on a film commission, have city staff make a presentation, and not have any council…

The Pensacola City Council met for nearly five hours yesterday: agenda review, CRA meeting and council workshop. At the very end of the last meeting,…

A retirement celebration is scheduled for Wednesday (July 15) to honor Police Chief Chip W. Simmons, who is retiring after 29 years with the Pensacola…

Press Release: John D. Johnson, a local law enforcement veteran and resident of the Oak Grove community in Escambia County pre-filed for the office of…

The Pensacola City Council holds its monthly week of meetings this week (Calliope music playing in the background). The city leaders will its regular meeting…

Historian John Appleyard called the office. This Friday, July 17, Pensacola celebrates becoming part of the United States. Military Gov. Andrew Jackson accepted the West…

A political committee leading a renewed effort to pass a constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana raised nearly $293,000 in June, with about $233,000 of…

If Twitter voted for the Presidential Primary, it would be Hillary Clinton (3.81 million) versus Donald Trump (3.11 million), according to website Spokeo.com. The contest…

Ward Bake, executive director of National Republican Senatorial Committee, sent out a memo giving his analysis of the various U.S. Senate races in the 2016…

Rev. LuTimothy May is no longer Mayor Ashton Hayward’s community outreach administrator. The man who chaired the mayor’s transition team in 2010, and whom Hayward…

Several candidates for president spoke at the the National Sheriffs’ Association’s (NSA) 75th Anniversary Conference and Presidential Forum in Baltimore, MD last week. NSA members…

Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t starting off the second half of 2015 much better than the first half. The most talked about new projects for downtown…

School Board member Jeff Bergosh has pre-filed to run for Escambia County Commission District 1 seat. Incumbent Wilson Robertson has already announced that he will…

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners last night voted unanimously to no longer fly the Confederate flag in its five-flag displays and to replace…

Alleging violations of the state and federal constitutions, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Brevard County Commission…

WSRE SEEKS CONSTITUENTS’ QUESTIONS FOR “LEGISLATIVE REVIEW” “Legislative Review: Dialogue with the Delegation” Airs Live on July 9 Press Release: WSRE, PBS for the Gulf…

The battle over the Confederate flag continues today at Escambia Board of County Commissioners. On the agenda is an item for the county to remove…