Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Senate leaders weren’t going to let a year-old outburst aimed at state lawmakers…
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Daily Outtakes: Presidential aspirations
Who will visit Pensacola? Over the past two decades, Pensacola has been a favorite stop of Republican presidential candidates. George W. Bush, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney…
Real News: Quint and the Queen
The Studer Community Institute is hosting “Investing in Human Capital” from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Rex Theatre. Quint Studer shares the details. Register here. Lauren Bonner, this’s year Fiesta…
Daily Outtakes: For the children
Trust Update Early childhood detection and mental were the two issues the Escambia Children’s Trust tackled on Tuesday morning. The board approved allotting $1.35 million for Arc Gateway to implement the Escambia…
Real News: Crazy Tuesday
Commissioner Robert Bender shares the weekend’s traffic numbers on Pensacola Beach and gives an update on county business. The annual Pensacola Sports Racquet Round-Up – a series of free summer tennis clinics…
Downtown shooting suspects arrested
Pensacola Police served search warrants at two different houses yesterday and made arrests in the shooting case from Jefferson and Government St. which occurred early Sunday morning. Rashawn Lamar Posey was arrested…
Daily Outtakes: Big Dreams
First Large Perdido Bay Access Escambia County will hold the Perdido Boat Ramp groundbreaking at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 16, at 10836 Lillian Highway. The boat ramp will be Escambia County’s first…
Real News: Reeves, Bergosh, Stafford and Rafferty
As I reported this morning, the City of Pensacola in partnership with Community Health Northwest Florida plans to ask the Escambia Children’s Trust for a grant to buy the Morris Eaddy Activity…
Santa Rosa gets $500K for Whiting
Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will receive $500,000 to facilitate a Joint Land Use Acquisition to protect Naval Air Station Whiting Field and its outlying fields from incompatible land use…
Daily Outtakes: City wants to make another purchase
Buzz: Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves is interested in purchasing Lakeview’s Morris L. Eaddy Activity Center on Lakeview Avenue north of Baptist Hospital. He will announce his plans at today’s weekly press conference…
Real News: Fun Friday
Upward Intuition’s Jon Shell discusses the official opening day event at the Blake Doyle Skatepark starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 10. Palafox Market celebrates its 16th anniversary tomorrow. Cailin Feagles…
City picks new Welcome sign
The City of Pensacola is excited to announce the winner of the Pensacola welcome sign contest, with the new sign expected to greet as many as 100,000 visitors to Pensacola daily. Briana…