Category: State & National News
No problem getting State FRS DROP info
Inweekly has requested the DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Program) database from the Florida Retirement System. It will take a couple days to receive the info,…
Podcast: Broxson picks up another endorsement and defends record
State Rep. Doug Broxson picked up the endorsement of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national construction industry trade association that represents nearly 21,000 corporate…
Broxson leads Hill in fundraising for Senate race
The News Service of Florida reports that State Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Gulf Breeze, has loaned $50,000 to his campaign as he tangles with Rep. Mike…
Pensacola man arrested for false statements during ISIS investigation
Robert Blake Jackson, 31, of Pensacola, made an initial appearance today in federal court after being arrested this morning on a charge of making materially…
Gay lawmaker shares details of talk with Scott after Pulse shootings
By ANDY METZGER STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE In the days after 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Gov. Rick Scott privately…
Jockeying for position in 2018 begins in Philly
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The immediate focus of Florida delegates to the Democratic National Convention might be winning the presidential election…
Wassermann Schultz gets booed at Florida delegation breakfast
By BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Four years after the Democratic National Convention marked a highlight of Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s career, the 2016…
Florida TaxWatch: Locked Up, Then Locked Out [podcast]
More than 30,000 inmates are released from Florida prisons every year. Within three years, nearly 9,000 Florida inmates return to prison. “We can’t afford that, 
Huckabee endorses Gaetz for Congress
The Matt Gaetz campaign today announced that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has endorsed the Fort Walton Beach state lawmaker for Congress. “I’ve seen a…
From the Republican National Convention, Day One
Yesterday on “Pensacola Speaks,” I had calls from two delegates from our area who are in Cleveland, Ohio. Monday, there was a brief fight on…
Scott’s PAC releases poll showing Trump leads in Florida
Let’s Get to Work, the political action committee tied to Gov. Rick Scott, had its political consultant, OnMessage, do a presidential poll. The results? Republican…
State Weekly Roundup: Brown interrupts the quiet
(Recap and analysis of the week in state government) By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Other than a steady stream of emails from…
