Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran has doubts about the projected $145 million budget surplus this year is real. “When you look at it, they were counting in that number the Triumph money,”…
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Escambia County State Legislative Delegation meets Jan. 4
State Representative Clay Ingram, chairman of the Escambia County State Legislative Delegation, announces that a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 from 4-6 p.m. at the Jean &…
Corcoran sends letter to county tourist and economic development agencies
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran plans to use the House’s oversight powers to see how tourist and economic development councils around the state are spending tax dollars “We’re not done looking and…
Pensacola Speaks: House Speaker Richard Corcoran today
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran won his fight with the Visit Florida over releasing documents concerning its contract with rapper Pitbull. We will talk about that issue and many others, including the…
Pitbull controversy raises concerns at Space Florida
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Another agency’s controversial contract with a Miami rapper, and its aftermath, was on the mind of Space Florida officials Friday, as they reaffirmed a…
Rep. Ingram gets key House chairs, White and Williamson land well, too
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran released the committee assignments. State Rep. Clay Ingram will chair the Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee and serve as vice chair of Select Committee on Triumph Gulf…
Papantonio calls corporate media a ‘propaganda machine,’ the new Red scare ‘insane’
This winter, Pensacola attorney Mike Papantonio will launch “America’s Lawyer” on RT America. When asked in an interview with Inweekly about criticism that RT America is a propangda machine for the Russian…
Boston.com sees VA secretary as a battle between Brown and Palin
The title of the Boston.com article spoke volumes – “Sarah Palin Might Get Scott Brown’s Job at the VA.” What? No mention of Jeff Miller? On TheHill.com, Terron Sims II wrote on…
Round 2: Battle over Corporate Incentives (or Welfare) begins Mar 7
Gov. Rick Scott is asking the Florida Legislature $85 million for incentives that Enterprise Florida can use to lure more jobs to Florida. When it was brought up yesterday at the EFI…
Scott wants to give state law enforcement pay raise
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that he will propose a five percent pay raise for the state’s 4,000 sworn law enforcement officers in his 2017-2018 recommended budget. The estimated cost is $11.7…
Buzz: Miller vs. Palin for VA Secretary?
Rep. Jeff Miller may have competition to be President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has told the media that she is under consideration for…
Rubio: ‘Cuba today is governed exactly the same way as it was 48 hours ago’
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio yesterday appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.†He said that while the death of Fidel Castro is a “historical milestone”, it won’t impact the day-to-day…
Pensacola Speaks: Hear from Florida delegate to Electoral College
My guest today on “Pensacola Speaks” will be Jeremy Evans, state committeeman of the Escambia County Republican Executive Committee. He is one of Florida’s 29 delegates to the Electoral College. “I’m getting…
Nelson asks for investigation into sales of Florida driver license database
Florida has sold the personal info of more than 15 million Florida drivers to 75 companies the past two year. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) wants U.S. Department of Justice to investigate…
Speaker Corcoran says local elected officials should do their own lobbying [podcast]
On “Pensacola Speaks,” incoming Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran discussed why he believes that city and county governments shouldn’t hire firms to lobby the Florida House. “The concept that a public government…
Pensacola Speaks today: Speaker Richard Corcoran and Grover Robinson
We will open “Pensacola Speaks” on News Talk 1370 WCOA with Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson. He will be in the studio from 5:10-5:30 p.m. and will take callers. You can call…
Florida Senate, House differ on lobbyist rules
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA New Florida Senate rules released Tuesday do not include the broad-based restrictions on lobbying and budget measures that will be imposed by the House,…
White, Williamson head to Tallahassee for first meeting
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA More than 60 newly elected lawmakers were in the Capitol on Tuesday, comparing their recent political campaigns and learning basics of the state House…
More see Miller as logical choice for VA secretary
The New York Times has Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla) as the favorite to be the Veterans Affairs Secretary in Donald Trump’s Cabinet. In fact, the retired chairman of the House Veterans Affairs…
Hammer: private dollars should pay for lobbyists, not public
In a viewpoint in the Tallahassee Democrat, NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer said that she agrees with incoming Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran when it comes to using public dollars to lobby the…
