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NRA endorses Gaetz

From Matt Gaetz campaign: Pensacola, FL – The National Rifle Association (NRA) today endorsed Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) in his re-election to the U.S. House of…

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Posted in Education

UWF names new police chief

The University of West Florida has announced the Marc L. Cossich as the University’s new chief of police. He joins UWF with nearly 35 years…

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Appeals court weighs restoration of felons’ rights

By Dara Kam The News Service of Florida… ATLANTA — Yraida Guanipa, a Miami consultant, stood outside the federal appeals court Wednesday morning in downtown…

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Posted in Education

Escambia public education could be our albatross

I’ve received complaints that in my criticism of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas’ 10-year leadership that I haven’t taken into consideration that the state’s standards are more…

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Father of the late Sen. Greg Evers endorses Dosev

From Cris Dosev campaign: John Evers, father of the late Senator Greg Evers and patriarch of the Evers family, has endorsed Republican Cris Dosev for…

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Posted in Escambia County News Pensacola Politics

July 25 blog posts over the past 12 years

2017: Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced, in a press release, that he has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with…

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Florida AG race goes negative

State Rep. Frank White and Circuit Judge Ashley Moody have both aggressively gone after each other as they try to win the GOP nomination for…

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Follow up: Judge rules against state on campus early votiing

Last week, our reporter Sammi Sontag wrote an article on UF and FSU students fighting to have early voting spots on their campuses. Judge Walker…

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Posted in Caring

Donations sought for Japanese sister city after flooding, landslides

The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida (JASNWFL) is asking the Pensacola community to give back to its Japanese sister city in the aftermath of the…

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Posted in Business Politics

Port of Pensacola had been in discussions with Incoa since first of the year

On February 5, Port Director Amy Miller gave the Pensacola City Council an update on the Port of Pensacola. Miller listed unders key prospects a…

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Posted in Business Escambia County

Transit Union endorses three candidates for Commission D4 race

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1395, AFL_CIO has co-endorsed Boyce White. Greg Litton and Robert Bender for Escambia County Commission District 4 GOP primary. Boyce, Greg…

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Florida Chamber endorses Andrade

The Florida Chamber of Commerce last week announced additional 2018 candidate endorsements in competitive races for the Florida House and Senate. The 20 endorsements, which…

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