Category: Politics

Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park and the Gulf Coast Texans youth soccer program have been awarded the 2018 Florida Youth Soccer Association Recreational Club…

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 924 likely Florida GOP voters,  Ashley Moody and Frank White are in a statistical dead heat with nearly…

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 924 likely Florida Republican voters, Congressman Ron DeSantis is running away with the election leading Agriculture Commissioner Adam…

August 15, 2018 TO: Clark Thompson, Rick Outzen FROM: Brian Spencer RE: National Memorial To Missing Children Clark, Rick – As I have done so…

A year ago downtown business owner Clark Thompson fired off an email to Councilman Brian Spencer protesting the city’s neglect of the National Memorial to…

Whitfield Memorial Baptist Church was founded in 1905 at 1605 West Jackson Street. Hurricane Ivan tore a gapping hole in the roof and damaged much…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and IHMC today announced a partnership between IHMC and the Pensacola Police Department to develop a police drone program to help…

from Matt Gaetz campaign: On Saturday, Aug. 18, Rep. Ron DeSantis will join Rep. Matt Gaetz and Freedom Caucus Founder Rep. Jim Jordan at three…

To celebrate America’s first settlement, Visit Pensacola is hosting the inaugural Pensacola Discovery Days Celebration. Taking place at the Pensacola Visitors Information Center, August 14-15,…

By Jim Saunders, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA— Some will vote by mail. Some will vote early. Some will go old-school and vote on the…

As of Saturday, Aug. 11, 9,243 mail-in ballots had been received by the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections office – Republicans: 5,310, Democrat: 2,939, NPA:…

Among the public records received by Inweekly on Friday afternoon was the report of Human Resource manager Tracy Walsh’s investigation into Constituent Service Administrator Latasha…

According to public records received by Inweekly, former City Administrator Eric Olson submitted his resignation to Mayor Ashton Hayward on Monday, July 23. Read Resignation…

Public records show that former City Administrator Eric Olson left the mayor’s office “fraught with stress, suspicion, and major polarization.” Olson had two allegations of hostile…

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford announced today that sample ballots for the August 28 Primary Election are being mailed to Escambia County…

In June, Mayor Hayward announced he had reached a tentative agreements with the bargaining units of FOP (Here). On July 26, he announced he had…

By Jim Turner and Lloyd Dunkelberger Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida— Mixed reviews are in for Tallahassee’s number-one “Never Trumper” —…

The Escambia Board of County Commissioners holds a Committee of the Whole meeting today starting at 9 a.m. Studer Community Institute founder Quint Studer and…

From Ann Hill Campaign: Ann Hill, candidate for Pensacola City Council District 6, will host a free community Town Hall: “Let’s talk about homelessness.” Panelists…

Grover Robinson edged Brian Spencer in raising funds during the week of July 21-27 ($9000-$8000), but Spencer has begun to spend his campaign war chest,…