Category: Politics
Myers and Cannada-Wynn ask City Council to override Hayward veto
The Pensacola City Council hold today at 3:30 p.m. a special meeting to discuss Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the council action to hire a…
MLB Pitch Hit & Run coming to Pensacola, April 22 [podcast]
Former Pensacola Council President Charles Bare has teamed with Quint Studer, co-owner of the Blue Wahoos, to bring back RBI Pensacola, a youth baseball program…
Studer: Practice makes perfect [podcast]
Quint Studer discusses how a conversation with Orioles manager Buck Showalter led to this week’s column in the News Journal.
Fleming: Mayor cannot veto Council hiring a budget analyst
Pensacola attorney Ed Fleming reviewed Mayor Ashton Hayward’s veto of the Pensacola City Council hiring a budget analyst. His client shared that opinion with Inweekly….
Budget analyst might reveal details of legal fees
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward vetoed the Pensacola City Council hiring a budget analyst, a position the voters approved in a 2014 charter amendment. The council…
DIB releases guidelines for street performers (update)
Pensacola’s Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) today announced it is working to create guidelines that will “preserve the authenticity of what street performances represent†within the…
Morris Court playground closure to be debated
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn want to give the playground in Morris Court back to the Area Housing Commission. The playground has…
Pensacola mayor works out payment plan with Port tenant
Next week, Mayor Ashton Hayward will ask the Pensacola City Council to approve a new financial agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services, a…
Domestic violence leads to two more deaths
NorthEscambia.com reports the Santa Rosa County deputies were called to the home on Hazel Godwin Road south of Chumuckla Highway shortly before daybreak. Two people…
Two more county town halls in April
The Escambia County is hosting its ninth and tenth town hall meetings in April. District 3 Commissioner Lumon May will host a town hall meeting…
Gaetz releases April Open Gaetz Day schedule
Congressman Matt Gaetz will be hosting a full day of events in the Pensacola Beach and Pensacola area on April 20, 2017 for “Open Gaetz…
Finalists announced for 2017 Innovation Awards
From a local aquaculturist raising oysters in floating cages to a father and daughter who have competing machine learning applications, the 12 companies selected as…
EOC activated
Escambia County has activated the Emergency Operations Center at a Level 2, or partial activation, due to the severe weather threat in the area. In…
Need proof that we have a domestic violence problem?
Last week, I reported that Escambia County leads the state in its per capita rate of domestic violence crimes and near the top for forcible…
Escambia County leads state in domestic violence rate, third in forcible sex crime rate
According to Florida Department of Health, Escambia County leads the state of Florida when it comes to domestic violence. The rate for domestic violence per…
Gwen Graham: ‘This state is in desperate need of leadership that just cares’ [podcast]
Former Congresswoman Gwen Graham believes Florida is ready for a change. The daughter of former U.S. Senator and Governor Bob Graham visited our office last…
Senate bill has Mayor Hayward competing for Triumph dollars like everyone else
Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development unanimously approved (8-0) to SB 364, Senator Doug Broxson’s bill addressing $300-million BBP settlement…
Gaetz fight to not surrender on Obamacare gains momentum
On Monday, Congressman Matt Gaetz appeared to be one of the few voice pushing for Republicans not to give up on their campaign promise to…
Scott takes aim at Corcoran
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott on Monday upped his personal battle with House Speaker Richard Corcoran about the future…
Gaetz on Obamacare: ‘We’re not quitters’
On “Pensacola Speaks†yesterday, Congressman Matt Gaetz said the House Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace Obamacare last week was “the most disappointing week of…
