Mayor Ashton Hayward has already borrowed $15 million for paving program

According to City of Pensacola Public Information Officer Vernon Stewart, the City of Pensacola has already borrowed $15-million to compete 10-years’ worth of paving in…

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Buzz: Hayward appeals gas tax issue to Gov. Rick Scott

A day after Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May sent his few additions to the city’s ambitious three-year street paving program, Mayor Ashton Hayward notified the…

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FRS faces massive wave of DROP enrollees

By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Despite a topsy-turvy year in the world financial markets, Florida’s $142 billion pension fund managed to show…

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City of Pensacola has new ‘Sunshine Center’ coordinator

Inweekly has been told that Maxwell Branham is no longer the Public Records Coordinator of the City of Pensacola. Branham was hired in June 2015…

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City refuses to release pension information

Inweekly requested last week information on the City of Pensacola employees who have retired and later rehired – process known as “double-dipping.” The employee enters…

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Are we ready for medical pot dispensaries

Has the mayor’s office done anything to prepare for the state’s new marijuana industry? Last week, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners took the first…

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Hayward goes from concrete goals to vague, feel-good statements

One of the biggest selling points of the strong-mayor charter was the candidates for mayor would have platforms that laid out the goals for their…

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County voters more diverse, City of Pensacola more white since 2006

Escambia County has picked up 14,990 registered voters since June 30, 2006. The majority of those voters, 6,868, are African-American. Minority voters – listed as…

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Details of Fricker Center armed robbery released, semi-automatic rifle used

Former Mississippi high school football star has been arrested for armed robbery outside of City of Pensacola community center. Last year, Jaquelle Green of D’Iberville…

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Facts belie explanation of fire department overtime

In a television interview on July 19, Pensacola Fire Chief David Allen defended his sharp increase in overtime as being cyclical. “It tends to happen,…

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Wall South No Go for Pokemon Go

The City of Pensacola asks Pokemon Go players to not hunt Pokemon at Veterans Memorial Park: City of Pensacola is asking players of the viral…

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Escambia County Commissioners reject counter proposal on gas tax

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners did not approve the revised interlocal agreement on the local option gas tax that the Pensacola City Council approved…

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