LIP money, or lack of it, creating havoc on 2016 budget
The federal government has made it clear that its Low Income Pool program will end this June. LIP provides Florida $2 billion annually for health…
PS podcast: Rusty Branch on Gulf Coast Enterprises and LeaP
I had senior moment and introduced Rusty Branch as Rusty Wells, but he recovered nicely. We talked about Gulf Coast Enterprises, the largest private employer…
PS: Rep. Clay Ingram gives latest updates on the Florida House
The Florida Legislature is shaping the 2016 state budget. Rep. Clay Ingram will call in to share the latest developments. Pensacola Speaks airs on News…
Billings murder documentary on Investigation Discovery channel tonight @ 9 pm
The Investigation Discovery series “See No Evil” covers the July 9, 2009 murders of Bud and Melanie Billings. Here is the synopsis: Mansion Murder Cam…
PS Podcast: Patty Hightower on school safety
On Pensacola Speaks, Patty Hightower, president of the Florida School Board Association and Escambia Co. School Board chairperson discussed HB 19, a measure that would…
DOC woes: State to reopen fatal case of inmate gassing
By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Rommell Johnson, an inmate at a Florida Panhandle prison who had chronic asthma, couldn’t breathe on June…
BP spin machine called out
In a news statement released yesterday, BP claims that the “…Gulf environment (is) returning to pre-spill conditions†although the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource…
Another blow dealt to Rolling Hills landfill
On Friday, March 13, Special Magistrate with the Office of Environmental Enforcement R. Todd Harris ruled against the management of the Rolling Hills Construction and…
Letters on Sacred Heart breach went out Friday
Yesterday Sacred Heart Health System announced that hackers had gained access to the confidential data on approximately 14,000 patient by gaining access to the computer…
PS podcast: Nathan Monk on panhandling and homeless programs
On Pensacola Speaks, we discussed with Nathan Monk the city and county panhandling ordinances, programs that can help the homeless, and the pilot shelter that…
Viewpoint: To Rick Scott, open government is a closed book
By Lucy Morgan, Context FLorida Some governors are slow learners. Gov. Rick Scott is beyond slow. He doesn’t learn. He doesn’t appear to care about…
Thomas continues word games to avoid Sunshine laws and meaningful discussion of gifted programs
Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has taken the position that the Program for Academically Talented Students Center, commonly referred to as the PATS Center, is not a…
