Daily Outtakes: Power of the pen
Vetoes Gov. Ron DeSantis’ line-item veto list was released late Thursday afternoon. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties survived the process well. Howeve, Gov. DeSantis did…
Last Word: Scott Millican
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…
Real News: Why hide the boxes, Donald?
Everyone wants to know why Donald Trump didn’t just hand over the documents. I didn’t ask a political pundit for the answer. No, I asked…
DeSantis doesn’t let details get in the way of presser
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which will start July 1. Lawmakers passed a $117 billion spending plan…
More City Stop Signs
The City of Pensacola will install two new stop signs on Thursday, June 22 at the intersection of Reus Street and Government Street, which will…
Backroom Briefing: Water Boarding
Weekly political notes from The News Service of Florida By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Senate leaders weren’t going to let…
Daily Outtakes: Presidential aspirations
Who will visit Pensacola? Over the past two decades, Pensacola has been a favorite stop of Republican presidential candidates. George W. Bush, John McCain, Fred…
Last Word: Francine Maxime
Francesca Maxime Inweekly, 11/9/2006 The new WEAR anchor has worked as a reporter and anchor in Binghamton, N.Y, Boston, Hartford, Conn., Philadelphia and Syracuse, N.Y….
United Way allocates $470K
United Way of West Florida announced the allocation of almost $470,000 in grant funding for Fiscal Year 2023-24 to partner programs. These transformational investments will…
Real News: Quint and the Queen
The Studer Community Institute is hosting “Investing in Human Capital” from 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Rex Theatre. Quint Studer shares the details….
$170K for Larry Butler scholarship fund
The University of West Florida celebrated a $170,000 donation to UWF Dr. Grier Williams School of Music in support of the Larry Butler Memorial Music Scholarship Fund…
Daily Outtakes: For the children
Trust Update Early childhood detection and mental were the two issues the Escambia Children’s Trust tackled on Tuesday morning. The board approved allotting $1.35 million…
