POSTPONED The University of West Florida is expanding its cultural programming with the launch of the Gulf Coast Culture Series. This series transforms the previous Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series into a…
Breaking News: DeSantis to appoint Moody to Senate seat
AXIOS reports Gov. Ron DeSantis will appoint Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace Sen. Marco Rubio when he leaves his office to become the next U.S. Secretary of State, according to…
Daily Outtakes: One Family fights for changes to outlaw Deepfakes re: minors
In this week’s Inweekly, we have our interview with the Stevenson family, whose daughter, Lucy Adams Stevenson, was targeted by a high school student who created fake nude photos of her female…
City gets $5 million from USDOT
The City of Pensacola has secured $5 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program for the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park Underdeck and Community Connector Project….
Do not only focus on UWF Trustee Scott Yenor
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointment of controversial Boise State professor Scott Yenor has garnered statewide and national attention (How dare women go to college? DeSantis’ new university trustee pick will fix it). However,…
Bluffline Secures $1.2 Million DOT grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program has awarded Bluffline, Inc., a Pensacola-based nonprofit organization, a $1.2 million grant to study waterfront access improvements along Escambia Bay. The Escambia Bay…
Daily Outtakes: DeSantis broke promises made to the UWF and community
When he announced his appointees to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees, Gov. Ron DeSantis betrayed the public trust by ignoring the promises made in 2001 when the board was…
Sign Petition: Show Solidarity with UWF Leadership
The new Univesity of West Florida Board of Trustees holds its first meeting on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. Most of the new picks have little or no relationship with the…
AG Commissioner launches concealed weapon license replacement services in Escambia
Today, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced the launch of concealed weapon license replacement services at Tax Collector Offices in 37 counties across Florida, including Escambia County. These expanded services are…
UWF trustee linked to South Africa-era apartheid
Last March, The Guardian reported on documents detailing the inner workings of the Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR), a shadowy organization that has been building its presence across the United States…
Lawmaker push back against DeSantis special session
Yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he will convene a special session of the Florida Legislature the week of Jan. 27 to address immigration issues, hurricane recovery, condominium problems and the ballot…
Daily Outtakes: Military bases create over 31K jobs, $4B impact in Escambia County
The Florida Commerce Office of Military and Defense and the Florida Defense Support Commission recently published the Florida Defense Industry Economic Impact Analysis and the Florida Military and Defense Economic Impact Summary….
IHMC projects ‘take off’ at Space Florida pitch event
In a significant boost to Northwest Florida’s technology sector, three innovative projects from the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) received funding at The Takeoff: 2024 Northwest Florida Pitch Day….
City of Pensacola to develop affordable housing for military
Florida Commerce has been awarded the City of Pensacola $608,200 through the Defense Infrastructure Grant Program to develop affordable housing near Naval Air Station Pensacola. The project aims to help military personnel…
Don’t tell Trustee Scott Yenor: Females Drive Army recruitment
File this post under things not to tell University of West Florida Trustee Scott “Damn Independent Women” Yenor. Female Recruits Drive Army’s Success in Meeting Enlistment Goals In a significant shift in…
Daily Outtakes: Will Yenor support a female UWF president
New University of West Florida board trustee Scott Yenor believes in national conservatism and sees independent women as “a fundamental threat to strong, fruitful families” and our national prosperity and stability. Those…
UWF has excelled in meeting Florida’s performance metrics
The University of West Florida (UWF) has shown significant improvement in recent years, according to the Florida Board of Governors’ performance-based funding metrics. In the first year (2016) of the metrics, UWF…
Pay Attention: 2nd Anniversary of New College experiment
This month is the second anniversary of when Gov. Ron DeSantis began the transformation of New College of Florida into a bastion of right-wing conservatism. It was January 2023, and the academic…
Escambia BCC votes 5-0 to sell OLF-8 for $50 million
After a lengthy discussion that highlighted competing priorities between the purchase price and development potential, the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to enter into negotiations with Beulah Town Center,…
County names January Employee of the Month
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners has recognized Josh Cartwright as Employee of the Month for January 2025. Cartwright, who serves as Field Supervisor in the Transportation and Traffic Operations Division,…