On Newstalk 1370 WCOA, Dr. Peter Jennings, the chief medical officer at Ascension Sacred Heart, talked about the research that has shown that face masks are effective in curbing the spread of…
DeSantis loses case banning face mask mandates by school boards
Judge John C. Cooper has rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to block Florida’s school districts from imposing strict mask mandates on students to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The judge sided…
Thomas Insurance owner pleads guilty
We broke this story earlier this year. Press release: John Thomas, 51, of Pensacola pled guilty yesterday on wire fraud and money laundering charges related to selling fraudulent insurance policies to his…
Newpoint CEO loses appeal
An appeals court Thursday upheld the conviction of a former charter-school management company CEO who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering and fraud involving schools in various parts of…
Real News line-up for Friday, Aug. 27
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, our line-up today is stellar. We will open with the latest info on the Tropical Storm Ida in the Gulf of Mexico: 7:05 WKRG’s John Nodor 7:15 Escambia…
Hear from experts on FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, face masks
Tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, my guest will be Sally Pipes, President, CEO, Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy at The Pacific Research Institute. We discuss the impact…
Other podcasts from Thursday, Aug. 26 show
Today, I opened with Justin Beck of Beck Partners, who talked about how well the office space market has done throughout the pandemic: At 8 a.m. I talked with former NFL defensive…
COVID Uptick drives changes in Escambia Schools
More than 600 Currently Quarantined by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Less than two weeks into the school year, Escambia County schools are instituting stricter COVID safety measures due to what Escambia County School…
Podcast: Speaker Sprowls discusses what makes Florida House special
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls recapped the 2021 legislative session and discussed what we can expect in the upcoming committee meetings. Sprowls also shared what makes the Florida…
Real News line-up for Thursday 8/26
On NewsTalk 1370, our line-up today includes: 7:02 Justin Beck of Beck Partners 7:30 Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls 8:00 Former NFL Super Bowl champion Fred Robbins 8:15 Chris Rutledge of Gulf…
Podcast: Surfside Condo collapse – legal issues
The New York Times reports that team that developed Champlain Towers – which partially collapsed and killed 98 people – managed to build the condos despite checkered pasts, internal strife and a…
Florida House Speaker on Real News tomorrow
Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls will be my guest tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. He will recap the 2021 session, covering what passed and how his agenda is helping the state recover and…
Breaking: Garcon Pt. Bridge toll still has not dropped
On July 28, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would have FDOT cut the tolls for the Garcon Point Bridge in half. Nearly a month later, the tolls haven’t changed. Inweekly asked State…
Podcast: Hiding child molesters in Santa Rosa schools
Pensacola attorney Joe Zarzaur appeared on NewsTalk 1370 WCOA this morning. He talked about a recent deposition he had concerning a former substitute teacher, Richard Mack, who was convicted of molesting several…
Polls show DeSantis out of sync with Floridians
Quinnipiac University yesterday released its poll on what Floridians think about Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decisions regarding face masks. A majority of people in Florida say 60% – 36% percent that they support…
Judge rules against Skanska
Judge Hope Cannon ruled against Skanska USA in a spoliation hearing concerned the cell phones the bridge contractor wiped clean. Read more on the issue here. Aylstock Witkin partner Sam Geisler called…
Hospitalizations surging at Ascension Sacred Heart
Press Release: Surge of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continues at Ascension Sacred Heart PENSACOLA, Fla. (Aug. 23, 2021) — The numbers of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola remains at record-high levels….
Podcast: Temporary morgues set up in Baldwin County
On NewsTalk 1370 WCOA, I spoke with AL.com reporter John Sharp about the COVID crisis in the hospitals of Mobile and Baldwin counties. Sharp said Alabama hospitals are facing an unprecedented crisis…
Real News: Where are our school grades? (podcast)
The Escambia County School District and the Florida Department of Education did not release the school grades for the 2020-21 school year. The DOE gave the districts the numbers to calculate them,…
Poll: Voters disagree with DeSantis on face masks
In a recent Political Matrix/Listener Group poll of 1,222 likely Florida voters over the age of 45, a vast majority, regardless of their age, gender, or location, oppose Gov. Ron DeSantis punishing…