Category: Politics
Ethics matter: State land director resigns
Last Friday, State Lands Division Director Kelley Boree resigned. The Tampa Bay Times had investigating a sole-source $500,000 contract awarded to a company founded by…
Latest poll shows why Northwest Florida Republicans like Carson and Trump
The latest NY Times/CBS News poll has retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson ahead of Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. However, the…
‘Blue Moon’ suspect arrested
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan announced that Donald Hartung Sr., 58, has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide that occurred on Deerfield Drive…
State attorney looks into credit card misuse in city of Destin
Destin City Councilwoman Prebble Ramswell and City Manager Greg Gisela are being investigated for “irregularities in the city credit card†use. Last week, Gisela asked…
Florida deals with 17 redistricting amendments today
Today, state senators will face a slate of 17 amendments when they meet to consider a new set of lines for the chamber’s 40 districts….
Lobbyist registry is back up for consideration
Over year ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that he wanted to establish a lobbyist registry, the issue is coming before the Pensacola City Council. In…
Good news from Pensacola Speaks, Oct. 24 edition
This week, we had several great guests on “Pensacola Speaks:” Rachael Gillette, Director of Professional Development at the Studer Community Institute, talked about EntreCon. Pensacola…
Good news from the blog, Oct. 24 edition
IMPACT 100 gives away a million dollars in an afternoon IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Sunday awarded 10 grants worth $106,000 each to community groups….
Good news from Inweekly, Oct. 24 edition
Back to Barktoberfest By Jennifer Leigh  Halloween may be a holiday for the kids, but one of the cutest events of the season is…
Wilkins moves over to the city
At 5:30 pm Friday, the mayor’s office sent out a press release that Keith Wilkins has been hired as the new assistant city administrator. Why…
Backroom briefing: Grocery stores fight for liquor sales
(Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida) By JIM TURNER AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Need a little proof that…
Podcast: Grover Robinson on new jail site
Last week, the Escambia Board of County Commissioners was presented a report on the three possible sites on which to build a new county jail…
