Buchanan wants more bike lanes

From Drew Buchanan Campaign: Buchanan announces plan to add 30 miles of bike lanes in three years Pensacola mayoral candidate Drew Buchanan on Saturday unveiled…

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NRA endorses Bydlak for House District 1

From the Rebekah Bydlak Campaign: Cantonment, FL — Today, Rebekah Bydlak announced the endorsement of the National Rifle Association of Florida. Both the National Rifle…

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Contributions set a record in mayoral race

The June campaign reports are in. The Pensacola mayor’s race may be the most expensive in the city’s history. Grover Robinson has raised $102K and…

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Inweekly celebrates 19 years

Inweekly quietly celebrated a milestone on Sunday, July 1. Nineteen years ago we published our first edition of this newspaper. The cover story was “A…

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Who forced Hansen to resign and why he withdrew resignation

City Administrator Eric Olson and his special assistant, Rusty Wells, are the ones who insisted that Butch Hansen had to resign as the council’s budget…

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Whoever is polling now on local races is not Inweekly

Inweekly has completed its polling of the Escambia County and City of Pensacola races, as we said we would. We believe we have baselines for…

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Spencer raises $19K on the first day of his campaign

Mayoral candidate Brian Spencer turned in his first campaign report to the Supervisor of Elections. The report only listed contributions received on June 22, including…

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Grand Jury: Superintendent cited for ‘lack of leadership’

State Attorney Bill Eddins today announced the release of the Okaloosa Grand Jury Report issued on June 13. The report is the result of the…

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Buzz: ECUA board members appearing before grand jury

Emerald Coast Utility Authority Board members have scrambled this week to get legal representative as they have been called to appear before a county grand…

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City curbside recycling returns next week

The City of Pensacola has entered into an agreement with Emerald Coast Utilities Authority for recycling. After a nine-month hiatus, City Sanitation will once again…

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What can we expect from Moffatt & Nichol on the port?

Moffatt & Nichol earlier this year worked on the Bucktown Harbor Vision Plan for Jefferson Parish, La. Bucktown Harbor consists of 30 acres owned by the…

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Poll: Hill leads Council District 6 race

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 216 likely voters in Pensacola City Council District 6, we found that Ann Hill leads with 12% of…

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Poll: Florida House Dist 1 Democratic primary a toss up

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 343 likely Democrat voters of Florida State House District 1, we see that a majority of voters are…

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‘Upwords’ returns

Mayor Ashton Hayward’s digital newsletter, Upwords, has returned after a seven-month hiatus. The newsletter–which was sent weekly at first, then biweekly–had been shelved and replaced…

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SunPass gets new customer service platform

The Florida Department of Transportation began converting to a new Centralized Customer Service System for SunPass customers on June 1. This conversion represents a massive…

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Powell holds campaign kick-off and rally on Friday

From The Committee to Elect Lawrence S. Powell Mayor of Pensacola: The Lawrence S. Powell for Mayor Campaign it will host its Powell for Mayor…

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Saturday protest against separating families

On Saturday, June 30, residents of Pensacola and Northwest Florida will gather at Pensacola City Hall, 222 W Main St. to protest the Trump administration’s…

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Hannity campaigns for Gaetz and DeSantis here on July 2

On Monday, July 2nd, Fox News conservative commentator Sean Hannity will be holding a campaign rally with Matt Gaetz and gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis in…

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Middle schools remain mediocre

Escambia County’s middle schools showed little change in their grades.  Brown Barge remained an ‘A’, Ransom a ‘B’. Bellview dropped from a ‘B’ to a…

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Elementary school grades troubling

Three years ago, Escambia County had 14 ‘A’ elementary (non-charter) schools. The last two years it has had only six.  However, the six ‘A’s are…

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