The lowest 300 elementary schools are determined based on the English language arts achievement and learning gains points each school earns in the school grades model. Specifically, preliminary points for English language…
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County collects all taxes due on Big Wheel
It took a year but Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley reports to Inweekly that the owner of the Big Ferris Wheel, known as “360 Pensacola Beach,” that once was a tourist…
Escambia School District drops to a ‘C’ grade
The Escambia County School District dropped from a B to a C grade for the 2015-16 school year, according to preliminary results released Friday by the state Department of Education. The News…
Pensacola City Council shows sympathy for the devil
The Pensacola City Council made no move to change its invocation process at last night’s special meeting. Among the five members that showed up -Charles Bare, Gerald Wingate, Jewel Cannada-Wynn, Andy Terhaar…
Low bidder on Pensacola Bay Bridge did not get highest technical score
Inweekly received the tally sheets for design and construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. As reported in the PNJ, Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc. was the lowest bidder with $398.5 million…
Grover, Gulf Breeze, the Bridge and Sunshine [podcast]
The State Attorney’s Office is investigating Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson’s phone call with Gulf Breeze Mayor Matt Dannheisser regarding the new Pensacola Bay Bridge to see whether Robinson violated Florida’s Sunshine Law….
DIB Special Events Committee floats event calendar
Special Events Committee has been tasked by the Downtown Improvement Board to prepare an event calendar for 2017. The primary goal for these events is to build on the success and momentum…
Business association endorses Florida House candidates, skips Senate race
The National Federation of Independent Business, Florida’s leading small-business association, today announced its endorsed candidates in several panhandle legislative races. The endorsements were made by NFIB/Florida SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust,…
Blue Angels bring back Weisser for 2016 and 2017 seasons
Inweekly has been told that the Blue Angels are bringing back Lieutenant Commander Frank Weisser to flow solo with the team. Weisser will join the Blue Angels next week and will begin…
Wells told City Clerk invocation practice complied with Galloway decision
Inweekly received a copy of the legal opinion that Rusty Wells rendered on the City of Pensacola’s practice to have invocations at the beginning of its council meeting. The memo to City…
City Attorney sends out weird letter on Invocation issue
Pensacola City Council Executive Don Kraher asked City Attorney Lysia Bowling for her opinion on the invocations at the council meetings. Her reply is gobbledygook (a legal term). Her reply is below….
Politifact catches both presidential candidates in false statements
PolitiFact, an independent fact-checking journalism website, has taken a look at Hillary Clinton’s statements regarding her emails and matched it against the FBI head James Comey’s press conference on Tuesday. Clinton repeatedly…