Category: Politics
National Philanthropy Day Award recipients announced
The Association of Fundraising Professionals, West Florida Chapter proudly announced recipients of the 2020 National Philanthropy Day awards during its virtual celebration. Melissa Stephany Johnson…
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…
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…
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…
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…
COVID outbreak in Escambia
Over the first week of November, the Florida Department of Health reported 604 new COVID-19 cases for Escambia County – 513 local and 91 out-of-state….
Escambia approves Oleske for M.E.
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners approved the employment agreement and the operating agreement between Dr. Deanna A. Oleske and District One Medical Examiner…
County reallocates CARES Act funds away from households, businesses and testing
Escambia County Administrator Janice Gilley today asks the Board of County Commissioners to approve her attestation of how the county has spent or encumbered the…
Bender hosts town hall on Nov. 9
District 4 Commissioner Robert Bender will host a town hall meeting for residents who were affected by Hurricane Sally on Monday, Nov. 9 from 5:30…
Listener Group/Political Matrix poll nails Florida results
The Listener Group/Political Matrix poll of Florida voters conducted in the eve of the general election was within 0.04% of hitting the President Donald Trump’s…
State slow to update COVID number
The Florida Department of Health usually updates the daily COVID-19 statistics around 10 a.m. Central Time. Yesterday, the update was early – 8:25 a.m. Central….
Officials work to ‘cure’ mail-in ballots
While voting in the 2020 election will wrap up today, there will still be some votes to tally for a couple of days. Currently, Escambia…
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,…
Early voting sets new record in Escambia
In 2014, Escambia County had 18,421 voters take advantage of early voting: 2016: 39,313 2018: 39,052 This year, 69,837 voters cast their votes at early…
New voters favor Trump
According to a Listener Group/Political Matrix study of 772 new Florida voters, Donald Trump is leading Joe Biden 52.2% to 42.9% with only 4.9% being…
Pro-Trump street graffiti
During campaign season, signs supporting particular candidates are a common sight along roadways. But a day before Election Day, some new, unauthorized political tagging has…
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,…
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…
Escambia County issues update
Less than 12 hours before Hurricane Zeta is expected to make landfill first in Louisiana and later south Mississippi, the Escambia County Operations Center issued…
A sign a hurricane is coming
Pensacola Interstate Fair to Close Wednesday Due to Hurricane Zeta Pensacola, Fla. – (October 27, 2020) – In anticipation of strong winds and heavy rainfall…
