The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections reports that 7,471 mail-in ballots have been received by his office as of Oct. 12. The split is REP 3,782 DEM 2,622 OTH 1,067 Yesterday on…
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Breaking news: Voter registration deadline extended
October 12, 2016 A federal judge Wednesday approved extending Florida’s voter-registration deadline to Oct. 18 because of Hurricane Matthew. The Florida Democratic Party and other groups requested the extension because the hurricane…
League of Women Voters seeks registration extension to Oct. 18
From The News Service of Florida: With a federal judge poised to hear arguments in a related case, the League of Women Voters of Florida on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to…
Frankel: Trump ‘unfit’ to lead [podcast]
Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-D) discussed yesterday the second presidential debate on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.” “I feel like Hillary Clinton tried to go high last night when Donald Trump was…
Trump in Panama City Beach today
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a rally today at Aaron Bessant Park on Panama City Beach.The gates open Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. and Trump is expected to start speaking at…
Judge extends voter registration one day, for now
By BRANDON LARRABEE, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA with additional information from Inweekly A federal judge ordered a one-day extension in Florida’s voter registration deadline and seemed ready to consider a longer…
No word on challenge to voter registration deadline
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With little more than 24 hours to go before Florida’s voter registration deadline, there was no word from a federal court mid-day Monday on…
New study: Clinton has 33-point lead among college students
New Haven CT — Oct. 6…The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale today released Part One of its annual national survey measuring the opinions of U.S. college students. Part One of…
Pensacola Speaks: Post VP Debate
On “Pensacola Speaks” on 1370 WCOA, I will open with Sam Clovis, co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. In the second half, my guest will be Mary Kay Henry, International President of…
Lawmakers expected to act on workers’ comp
By JIM TURNER AND JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA With Florida businesses facing a 14.5 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance rates, state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and a…
Viewpoint: Amendment 1- Utilities Effort to Kill Solar in the Sunshine State
From the League of Women Voters of Florida: Like the ancient story of the Trojan Horse, Florida utilities have brought into our gates, under the cover of night during the chaos of…
Pensacola Speaks: Post-debate discussion with both campaigns
On “Pensacola Speaks” today, I will have spokespersons from the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. We will open with U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham (D-FL) at 5:10 p.m. Congresswoman Graham is…