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Hard facts for Escambia public schools

The Florida Department of Education yesterday sent out a press release bragging that school grades were higher than anticipated. “The number of schools receiving an…

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Rafferty ‘very happy’ with rulings in Childers lawsuit [podcast]

Attorney Troy Rafferty represents that Escambia County Commissioners in their battle to get County Clerk Pam Childers to honor their 401(a) contract and cut checks…

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Wednesday July 6 podcasts

Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers suffered two legal defeats in her fight over the county commissioners’ 401(a) retirement plan. United Way of West Florida recently…

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Analysis: Highland Park suspect was screaming for help on social media

Social Media is once again in the spotlight after another mass shooting: The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which monitors and analyzes extremist content online, has…

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Childers suffers two legal defeats in retirement case

After spending the past year trying to convince the public that the county commissioners’ 401(a) retirement plan was illegal, Escambia County Clerk Pam Childers suffered…

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Posted in Education Health Politics

UWF College of Health gets new dean

The University of West Florida Usha Kundu, MD College of Health is welcoming David M. Bellar as the new dean of the college. “Dr. Bellar…

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Posted in Caring Politics

United Way awards $480K in grants [podcast]

United Way of West Florida recently awarded $480,000 in grants to 25 local nonprofit agencies in support of 29 programs through the organization’s Community Investment…

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VA celebrates Pensacola WWII vet 100th birthday

Press Release: Recently, Navy Veteran Ralph J. Morris celebrated his 100th birthday with staff of the Gulf Coast VA. The World War II Veteran, who…

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Podcasts from the ‘Pensacola Speaks’ archives

From the ‘Pensacola Speaks’ archives, this is my interview with former Obama Press Secretary and Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri from May 4, 2017. Dan McFaul,…

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Lakeview Center makes list of Top 100 Women-Led Businesses [podcast]

Lakeview Center has been named #7 in this year’s list of “Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Florida” by The Commonwealth Institute and Kaufman Rossin. The…

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UWF score high on top metric

The University of West Florida is No. 1 in the Florida State University System for Metric 1 of the Florida Board of Governors’ 2021-22 performance-based…

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Mimicking Nature’s Wonder

Bayou Texar Lecture Series Kicks Off with Famed Designer by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Franco Lodato’s well of inspiration runs deep, with the designer turning to…

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