A week after being hired, Florida’s new surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, gets a 72% pay raise. Lapado will earn $250,000. His predecessor Dr. Scott Rivkees was only paid $145,000. The Florida…
I-110 Homeless Camp stays for now
City Will Work to Transition Away From Site by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly The homeless encampment underneath a downtown stretch of Interstate-110 overpass can remain in place a bit longer without campers having…
Real News podcast: Friday, Sept. 24, 2021
A solid line-up of interviews for Friday on NewTalk 1370 WCOA State Rep. Alex Andrade discusses the bills he has proposed for the 2022 session. We also discussed the governor’s proposal to…
Real News podcast: Beastie Boys and Cole Stevenson
Pensacola High senior Cole Stevenson woke up to do NewsTalk 1370 WCOA this morning. We discussed his IP paper “An Analysis of Licensed To Ill: How the Beastie Boys’ Influential Album Affected…
Green Money
Estuary Program Awards Second-Year Funding by Jeremy Morrison The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program rolled out its second year of grant funding Thursday evening, awarding more than $200,000 to projects focused…
Escambia County School District falls in line with Lapado
Two days after the board, the school district announced it further relax its Covid safety protocols to comply with the directive from Dr. Joseph A. Lapado, Florida State Surgeon General, to place…
Manna expands School Resource Officer Food Program to Santa Rosa County
Pensacola, FL (September 23, 2021) – This school year, Manna Food Bank, Inc. is expanding its reach to food insecure students in Northwest Florida through the School Resource Officer Food Program. The program is…
Biden counters DeSantis penalties for Alachua
Today, the U.S. Department of Education awarded the School Board of Alachua County $147,719 in funding under the new Project to Support America’s Families and Educators (Project SAFE) grant program. This is…
Footprint in the Sand
Pensacola’s Energy Assessment Measures Municipal Energy Usage by Jeremy Morrison Pensacola’s long-awaited environmental assessment has arrived. This week, the city unveiled its baseline greenhouse gas emissions results, essentially establishing a municipal carbon…
Real News podcasts: Thursday, Sept. 23
We had a fantastic show today. Rebekah Jones, data scientist and Democratic candidate for Congress, discusses the latest rules from the state on Covid and children in schools and this week’s Escambia…
Do not put hydrogen peroxide up your nose
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has issued a warning against a coronavirus treatment circulating on social media that is leading some people to post videos of themselves breathing in hydrogen…
Real News podcasts: Wednesday, Sept. 22
We talked education, Florida House, football and seafood festival today on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA. Fiesta Pensacola executive director Bridget Middleton previews the Pensacola Seafood Festival. Retired NFL lineman Fred Robbins talks about…
Real News podcast: Salzman on House committees
I interviewed State Rep. Michelle Salzman today on NewsTalk 1370. We discussed Gov. DeSantis’ proposal to get rid of the year-end assessments in our public schools. “We all know that that testing…
Real News podcast: Friday, Sept. 17
Last Friday, I had a full slate of guests on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, covering a wide range of topics. UWF’s Teacher Education and Leadership chair, Dr. Bill Evans, discusses Gov. DeSantis’ proposal…
State puts more Covid decisions in parents’ hands
Gov. DeSantis and his Department of Health have put more Covid decisions regarding the child’s schooling in the hands of parents. Parents will no longer need a medical reasons to opt-out of…
Science vs. Freedom?
ECSD’s mask debate rages on (as does Covid) by Jeremy Morrison The on-campus mask debate continued Tuesday evening during the Escambia County School District School Board meeting — with some staking their…
Homeless Task Force presents plan
By Jeremy Morrison The Homeless Reduction Task Force of Northwest Florida presented a report to the Pensacola City Council Monday on how best to spend $3 million in federal American Rescue Plan…
Check out the finalists to be our U.S. attorney
The Federal Judicial Nominating Conference for the Northern District of Florida has released its list of four finalists to the U.S. Attorney for our area: Winifred Acosta, Rod Smith, Argatha Gilmore and…
DeSantis names new surgeon general
Gov. DeSantis has picked Joseph Ladapo, UCLA associate professor and researcher that recently relocated to Florida, to be his surgeon general. Ladapo most likely caught the governor’s attention with a viewpoint published…
ECUA billing issues
Due to a COVID-related staffing shortage, ECUA’s third-party bill print/mailing processor is running behind in their production schedule. As a result, some of our customers’ bills are being delivered near or after…