Several wide gaps in how District 7 (West Pensacola) and District 3 (East Pensacola) see city services

The UWF Haas Center conducted its annual survey of Pensacola residents. The survey assessed resident satisfaction with a variety of city services and determine residents’…

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Studer challenges Entrecon crowd to choose character over comfort

Quint Studer opened the 2020 Entrecon with a talk on the importance of consistent situational character. “When you hit a crossroads, what do you do?…

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Robinson: No coordination, collaboration or consistency out of Gilley

Last week, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson went before the Board of County Commissioners and asked for $4.915 million of the county’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and…

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Presser Leftovers: Port on TV, Mardi Gras and Ceremonial Consideration

By Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Much of this week’s mayoral press conference was devoted to the area’s spiking COVID cases, but Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson also…

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Robinson explains State of Emergency

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With cases of COVID increasing in the local region, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson is hoping that the city’s recently deployed state…

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Presser Notes: Waiting it out

For the past two days, we have transferred the blog, 14 years of posts and images, to a new server – one that is faster…

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Seeking 2021 Rising Star nominations

It’s time to select the next Rising Stars class. We are looking for nominations for the 2021 Rising Stars class, which will be published in late…

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Presser Notes: Broxson rides the bus, Confederate deconstruction & PU

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson hosted a guest at his weekly press conference Monday morning. State Sen. Doug Broxson joined the mayor,…

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Poll: Biden narrowly edges ahead of Trump in Florida

According to the latest Listener Group/Political Matrix poll, President Donald Trump has seen his 13.3-point lead in Florida a week ago evaporate. As of Friday,…

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City looks to spruce up Garden Street

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly As drawn up by British planners in the 1700s, Pensacola’s Garden Street originally served as an area where residents were allotted…

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Presser Notes: Two Storms on the Horizon

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Two storms are on the horizon, one natural and the other political, Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday during his weekly…

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Municipal homeless efforts ‘frustrating’

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly A leading homeless advocate took city officials to task this week, telling them that municipal efforts to address the issue of…

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CPAC focuses on ‘Finding Its Feet’

by Jeremy Morrison Growing pains look to have befallen the City of Pensacola Citizens Police Advisory Committee. Dr. Cedric Alexander — a law enforcement consultant…

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52K-plus have already voted

As of 7:50 a.m., the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections reports 52,324 people have voted – 22.6% of the county’s registered voters. Democrats and NPA…

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Presser Notes: Reconsidering mask mandate again

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday that he feels like it’s time to pull back the city’s mask mandate, a move…

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Presser Notes: Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola City Hall looks a bit different Monday as the city celebrates its first official Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Instead of flying…

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Considering an Indigenous perspective for Plaza Ferdinand

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The bust of Andrew Jackson in Plaza Ferdinand may be getting some company, but it remains unclear if that addition will…

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Officials search for ‘solutions’ for Bay Bridge dilemma

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Local and regional elected officials met Wednesday with representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation in an effort to determine how…

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Local organizers discuss state legislative proposals

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In this week’s print issue of Inweekly, two local organizers discussed efforts being made in the region to empower Black voters….

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Presser Notes: Mask Order Defanged and Barge Lemonade

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly In the wake of Hurricane Sally, various city of Pensacola departments, like Parks and Rec or Sanitation, have been kept busy…

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