Category: Politics

At a meeting last evening, the Escambia County Legislative Delegation voted to support two local bills during the 2013 legislative session. The first bill, proposed…

My Florida Voices column today talks about how conservatives are looking at the wrong figures when they complain about Medicaid expansion. I figure that I…

Press Release: Representatives from the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (FL-AL TPO) are pleased to announce substantial gains in ridership for both fixed route and demand…

Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has informed the Pensacola City Council that he has sent a letter to Steve Sorrell, the executive director of the Emerald…

The time has come to take the lipstick off the pig and make our local governments face the numbers that they would rather not talk…

Watch a county commission or city council meeting and you will see some of the board members scanning their cell phones every few minutes. Then…

Here’s the latest statement from Escambia County regarding the fire at the Cove Landfill: The Florida Department of Health Escambia County Health Department has lifted…

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body found last Friday in a field behind Alternative Powersports, near Kenmore Boulevard. Investigators said it appeared…

Unless there is some super-secret code to the City of Pensacola website, I can’t find the online stream to today’s Special Council Meeting on the…

Yesterday, Seattle Police had its first gun back-buy event in 20 years. The response was so massive that the SPD had to turn away people…

Pensacola Councilman Charles Bare issued the following press release to the media this afternoon: CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PUT CITY RESIDENTS FIRST Adjourning Today’s Meeting…

Of course, that’s not how the National Rifle Association wants me to report on its latest survey, but it’s crazy that nine-percent don’t have a…

Mayor Ashton Hayward announced early this week that he was appointing David Penzone as the the city of Pensacola’s representative to the RESTORE Advisory Committee….

Escambia County Press Release: The Cove Landfill fire has sparked up again, this time in an area in close proximity to Pine Meadow Elementary School….

The Florida Auditor General’s Office has released its audit report of the Okaloosa County Commission’s oversight of the Tourist Development Council and the TDC’s use…

city of Pensacola press release: Representatives from Wells Fargo joined Mayor Ashton Hayward today to announce a $10,000 contribution in support of Mayor Hayward’s Financial…

Press Release: Over 150 people assembled at the Fish House Deck last night to hear an open forum discussion on the URAC (Urban Redevelopment Advisory…

ORLANDO – Today, joined by teachers at Ocoee Middle School in Orlando, Governor Rick Scott announced that he is proposing a $2,500 teacher pay raise,…

As was reported by one of my readers on Facebook, there was another shooting in Pensacola. PPD Release: Pensacola Police are investigating a shooting that…

Mobile Press Register: The owner of the Alabama Music Box believes the boundaries of a proposed entertainment district that excludes the music venue is another…