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The NY Times is reporting that BP will pay a record  $50.6 million for the refinery explosion in Texas in 2005 that killed 15 people…

Tomorrow, Okaloosa County Judge Jim Ward will rule on a motion by Barry Beroset to dismiss the misdemeanor charges for campaign solicitation in a government…

My writing for The Daily Beast got me quoted on Newsweek.com. It’s for their Spectrum column. As Adam Sandler would say, “Not too shabby.”

According to the Daily News, UWF economist Rick Harper believes the travel vouchers will have the biggest impact in rebuilding the tourism market. “You cannot…

REO Speedwagon vs. Stone Temple Pilots; DeLuna Fest vs. Fall Concert Series; Young Turks vs. Old Money; Real Plan vs. Vague Statements On June 23,…

Realtor Marty Donovan has told PNJ columnist Mark O’Brienthat his petition drive is still 1,500 signatures short of the necessary number (about 40 percent) needed…

For the first time in three years of polling, more voters think things are going in the right direction than thinking things are on the…

Mike Williams, co-host of the BLAB TV program “Catchin’ Fish” tells IN he is starting a campaign to create a new fishing bridge in Pensacola…

From The Buzz:For the first time in awhile, it seemed that Bill McCollum seized the initiative from frontrunner Rick Scott, who’s accusing his opponent of…

“I’m not Superman,” Kenneth Feinberg, the designated claims czar for the BP oil disaster, told a packed conference center on the University of West Florida…

Yesterday after I questioned why Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Jeff Greene hadn’t posted the documents he said cleared his Cuba trip, I received this email:…

Millionaire Rick Scott is upset that his questionable business past has become an issue in his bid to buy the Republican nomination to be Florida’s…

Broward County Commissioners passed a Code of Ethics yesterday. It sets up an inspector general with the power to investigate the public’s allegations of corruption,…

Command Center Press Release: Today NOAA reopened 5,144 square miles of Gulf waters to commercial and recreational finfish fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation…

Today the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ruled that the oil spill litigation will be consolidated in New Orleans, before the Honorable Judge Carl J….

John Wyche has been convicted of racketeering and unlawful financial transactions. Over $750,000 intended to help the poor in Escambia County was diverted to his…

….not me or Mike Papantonio Matt Simmons, famous for his controversial criticisms of BP and calls for full disclosure regarding the true nature of the…

Latest Press Release from Jeff Greene, who running against Kendrick Meek for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate: JEFF GREENE PROVIDES DOCUMENTS THAT PROVE BOAT STOP…