Daily Outtakes: For the sake of the children

Assistant Superintendent Keith Leonard will serve as interim superintendent for Escambia County Public Schools through June 30, 2024. The board unanimously voted to put him…

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Healthcare for those struggling

The Federal Reserve recently released its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022, which found that slightly more than one out of four Americans went…

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Who wins Ron vs. Don

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been in the presidential race for a week. How has his “Make America Florida” message doing against former President Donald…

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Daily Outtakes: Banned Books Giveaway

Push Back Open Books & Prison Book Project and Inweekly have launched a Banned Books Giveaway that will hand out at this year’s PensaPride festival…

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Last Word: Quint Studer

In July 2005, we started “The Last Word,” a column in which locals answer questions about themselves. It was patterned after Vanity Fair’s The Proust…

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Are the consequences unintended or intended

Outtakes  (May 25, 2025) The laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis have consequences. Are they unintended or intended?…

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City receives funds for Miraflores Burial Ground Study

The City of Pensacola has been selected to receive a $22,160 grant from the National Park Service to fund a ground penetrating radar survey at…

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Daily Outtakes: DeSantis Tapes

In 2015, a little-known congressman from the Jacksonville area, Ron DeSantis, was running for U.S. Senate. The field was crowded – Rep. David Jolly, Lt….

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Eggfest team brings home BBQ trophy

The Pensacola EggFest squad teamed up with Team Moe Cason and brought home 3rd place for Pork Shoulder in the World Barbecue Cooking Contest in…

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GOP Exec Committee to storm School Board meeting

The Escambia County Republican Party leaders want “a large Republican presence to show the school board that we expect that the next Superintendent will be…

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DeSantis enters race, vows to ‘Get the Job Done’

Gov. Ron DeSantis made his White House bid official Wednesday, announcing a 2024 presidential run in an online discussion with Elon Musk that ended months…

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Daily Outtakes: Twitter crashes (as predicted)

Don’t Mess w/Soccer Moms I talked yesterday with Lindsay Durtschi, a Pensacola mom who is suing the Escambia County School Board along with Penguin Random…

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