Category: State & National News
Local cities receive block grants
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced grant awards totaling more than $3.5 million in Northwest Florida. Grant funding will be used to improve…
DeSantis appoints local
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Katie Spear and David Rouse to the Board of Optometry. Katie Spear of Pensacola, is a licensed…
‘We Build the Wall’ prez hit with more charges
DOJ Press Release: Brian G. Kolfage, of Miramar Beach, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for an additional crime related to the…
Buzz: Gaetz a GOP pariah?
Matt Gaetz failed to speak at any Northwest Florida July 4th events and held no press conferences in Pensacola last week. However, he did find…
New Florida laws ready to take effect July 1
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — More than 100 new laws passed during the 2021 legislative session will hit the books…
New poll: Crist has 10-pt lead over Fried
In a recent Political Matrix/Listener Group poll of 660 likely Florida Democrat voters, Congressman Charlie Crist leads Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried 40.9% to 30.5%,leaving…
By the numbers: Top 10 specialty plates
More than 1.68 million specialty license plates were on Florida roads in 2020. Here are the top 10 specialty plates last year by sales: —…
Something sounds off – but explainable
In the weeks after the December 6, 2019, shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola that killed three U.S. sailors and severely wounded eight other Americans,…
Jones may or may not challenge Gaetz
Rebekah Jones, the whistleblower that has challenged how Gov. Ron DeSantis reported on the COVID-19 pandemic, announced yesterday on Instagram her intention to run against…
Fried ‘ready’ to run for governor
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, touting her campaign as “something new†and saying she will fight…
Let the gambling begin
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida “Does that mean if somebody wanted to establish, let’s say, a casino in the Panhandle – is…
DeSantis pulls out of Fed Pandemic Unemployment Comp ($300/wk)
State Rep. Alex Andrade got his his wish; Gov. Ron DeSantis is dropping out of the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program. Effective June 27, Floridians…
