Category: Politics

Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today that six additional Florida properties have recently been listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic…

By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Attorney General Pam Bondi rejected renewed assertions Tuesday that a $25,000 political contribution from current Republican presidential…

For the past few years, Inweekly has advocated for criminal justice reform. A recent poll released by The James Madison Institute and the Charles Koch…

the “RALLY 2016” on-air candidate forum for the upcoming general elections in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct….

The latest New York Times Upshot/Siena College poll shows a divided electorate in Florida when it comes to this year’s presidential election. Whites Trump 51%…

Hundreds of veterans are sharing their experiences with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on MyVAStory.org, a new Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) platform which…

The Florida Tax Collectors Association (FTCA) presented Janet Holley, Escambia County Tax Collector, with the Excellence in Financial Operations Legacy Award at the Fall Education…

Ocean City Wright Fire Control District commissioners voted this week to suspend Fire Chief Billy Lord for 45 days and Assistant Fire Chief Scott Funchess…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that the city will receive the last of four Hazardous Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grants from the Federal Emergency Management…

Joseph “Joey” Graves today pled to one count of RICO in front of Judge Scott Duncan and was sentenced to 15 years. He will self…

The City of Pensacola’s budget details the organizational structure of each city department, including the Mayor’s Office. The positions in that department have turned over…

By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With 70 confirmed cases resulting from Florida mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus, Gov. Rick Scott traveled to…

The Pensacola News Journal published these statements attributed to the Hayward administration in regards to the $95K paid to former City Administrator Bill Reynolds and…

Since the mayor has refused our interview requests, we sent his Public Information Officer Vernon Stewart our questions and requested written responses. Last year, the…

Inweekly has begun reviewing Pensacola City Council minutes to see if the legislative body had been called on to approve over lawsuit settlements. Our initial…

In August and September of 2015, Mayor Ashton Hayward paid his former COO Tamara Fountain $54,002 as part of a mutual termination agreement and another…

According to public records released yesterday, Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward cut checks for over $95,000 to get his former city administrator to dismiss his lawsuit…

Bill Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today that Patsy D. Blackshear, the former Planning Director for the Walton County Planning Department,…

The City of Pensacola Finance Department finally uploaded the July 2016 financial reports to the city’s website. Once again, the “current approved budget” line items…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Escambia County will hold two public information meetings to discuss work set to begin on the Bob Sikes…