Top Stories: Week ended August 2, 2025
Every Sunday, I wake and review the news stories of the last week, and I wonder what we will cover in the upcoming week. How…
Florida Politics jabs Diaz, cheers Salzman
Florida Politics praised State Rep. Michelle Salzman (R-Cantonment) as the first seated Florida lawmaker to graduate from Florida State University’s Master’s in Applied American Politics…
Top 10 Stories of July 2025
Even though the post was up less than 24 hours, the article on University of West Florida General Counsel Susan Woolf being fired drew the…
Podcast: Alan Manning discusses Lincoln, Teddy & Kipling
Discovering Hidden Presidential Treasures What happens when a successful attorney walks away from 40 years of legal practice to follow his true passion? In our…
2025 Santa Rosa County Big of the Year: Candace Edwards
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida proudly announces Candace Edwards as the 2025 Santa Rosa County Big of the Year. This annual honor recognizes…
Premium Seats Available: Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow
Premium seating tickets for the Blue Angels 2025 Homecoming Airshow go on sale TODAY at 11 a.m.! The wait is over for aviation enthusiasts and…
Mayor Reeves on Retaining Talent, Young Families
More from the Pensacola Mayor’s Presser: Addressing Youth Migration In response to questions about young people leaving Florida for more affordable opportunities, Mayor D.C. Reeves…
Daily Outtakes: Defending Parking Tickets, Social Media use
Responding to recent citizen complaints about parking enforcement, Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves clarified at his Wednesday press conference that the city operates on a complaint-driven…
Thank you, Fred Levin
In the 1990s, the late Fred Levin was a prominent Pensacola attorney renowned for his critical role in the historic Florida tobacco settlement. As a…
Takeaways from Mayor’s Wednesday Presser
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves addressed the significance of Diane Hendrick’s Corporate Contractors Incorporated (CCI) partnering with the Dawson Company on the Reverb project at Maritime…
R.I.P Office of Independent Internal Audit
The once-touted Office of Independent Internal Audit (OIIA) and its publicized policy manual have disappeared from Clerk Pam Childers’ website. Background: Last summer, Childers launched…
Alan Manning returns to teaching
Former firm president and presidential historian heads back to the Pensacola Catholic High School classroom. After more than two decades practicing law, Clark Partington shareholder…
Daily Outtakes: UWF General Counsel Ousted After Clash w/Board Chair
Late Wednesday afternoon, University of West Florida Interim President Manny Diaz notified the Board of Trustees that General Counsel Susan Woolf no longer worked for…
Breaking: Diaz fires UWF General Counsel Susan Woolf
Advising the UWF Board of Trustees against following the advice of board chair, Rebecca Matthews, General Counsel Susan Woolf no longer works for the University…
Mayor postpones second Fricker town hall
Mayor D.C. Reeves has rescheduled the second public engagement meeting for the Fricker Resource Center Renovation Project to 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13….
FPL Breach in Wilkerson Creek
State Senator Don Gaetz and Rep. Nathan Boyles ask property owners affected by the June 8 breach of Florida Power and Light’s Kayak Solar Farm…
Mississippi State & FSU Set for Blue Wahoos Stadium Showdown
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves used his weekly press conference to announce that the Florida State Seminoles and Mississippi State Bulldogs will clash in a fall…
Game-Changing Partnership Brings $200M Maritime Park Vision to Life
The Dawson Company has announced a strategic partnership with Corporate Contractors, Inc. (CCI) for Phase One of the ambitious $200 million redevelopment of Maritime Park—a…
Oops, Escambia Early Learning Coalition receiving more $$$, not less
According to Denise Potvin, budget chief for the Florida House Pre-K—12 Appropriations, Escambia County’s Early Learning Coalition has been appropriated $15.8 million for FY 2025-2026,…
City of Pensacola to Host Open Houses Focused on Supporting Minority and Women-Owned Businesses
The City of Pensacola will host two open house events in August as part of its participation in the Southern Cities Economic Inclusion (SCEI) Cohort,…
