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Now that the local Sinclair-owned television station has expanded its news coverage, we are getting even more crime stories. “If it bleeds, it leads” is…

While I have criticized the SRIA and county for being so slow to do anything about parking and the feds for not completing roads to…

Walton County is trying to figure how to balance tourism with public access. In Escambia County, we handle it by having overcrowded parking for locals,…

News Herald reports: Planners met with Washington County commissioners last week to discuss the future of 50,000 acres of undeveloped land long rumored to be…

The IN sponsored this promotion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5th, 2007 Cleveland, OH – For the seventh consecutive year industry website Gameops.com has announced its…

Maybe it is in their print edition somewhere, but I can’t find where the Pensacola News Journal wrote anything in today’s issue about Pearl Harbor…

At last, the Escambia County commissioners recognize that there just may be a problem with the local criminal justice system. Usually I hate studies (this…

The Downtown Improvement Board revealed a 138-page retail strategy yesterday. I missed the press conference and hoped the PNJ would have something about it on…

I will discuss my presidential campaign on IN Your Head Radio today from 1:15-2 p.m. Call in and show your support. The number is 437-1620….

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Darden Restaurants has sold its Smokey Bones restaurant chain. Orlando-based Darden Restaurants officially ended its eight-year quest to build a…

One of the people that wasn’t chosen for the Pensacola Charter Review committee was attorney and former League of Women Voters chairman Sharon Barnett. On…

PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien has a good article today on mentally ill prisoners (Florida used to deport mentally ill people, but now we ignore them…

The question on the mind of many Gulf Breeze citizens is whatever happened to July the former owner of Cancun’s Mexican Restaurant. Police officials say…

My guest today is Michael Caputo of Floridians for Smart Growth. He and his organization oppose the “Hometown Democracy” amendment which would require votes for…

Florida’s 358 charter schools need greater academic scrutiny and tighter fiscal supervision, according to recommendations being released today by the state Senate. Read Orlando Sentinel…

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in St. Louis ruled yesterday that a state-financed evangelical Christian program…

Columnist David Broder is convinced a GOP ticket of John McCain-Mike Huckabee is one that could win the 2008 presidential election. If the Republican Party…

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The PNJ picks up the ethics policy story that IN reported on Thursday (New Ethics Rules ). This policy will have an impact on county…