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Author Katherine Clark discusses writing Southern Fiction at PSC Book Talk, Nov. 16

Winner of the 2015 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, Katherine Clark, is the guest speaker at Pensacola State College’s Book Talk at 2 p.m….

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Historic Pensacola: ‘The Power of Children: Making a Difference’

Pensacola, Fla.: The University of West Florida Historic Trust presents “The Power of Children: Making a Difference,” a new exhibition opening Nov. 10 at the…

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Trump’s victory speech transcript

compiled by Federal News Services. I’ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us — it’s about us — on our victory, and…

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Three key tactics that pushed Trump to victory

Ben Kaplan, CEO of PR Hacker, wrote me about how Donald Trump used Twitter, emotion-triggering local events, and bold statements of outsider status to become…

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Posted in Escambia County Politics

Escambia, Santa Rosa send Broxson, Ingram, White to Tallahassee

This is our the Florida Senate and House races went: State Senate, District 1 Doug Broxson REP 199,087 100% State House       District…

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Gaetz wins Congress by better than 2-to-1 margin

Matt Gaetz is Northwest Florida’s new Congressman: Matt Gaetz REP 254,280 69.12% Steven Specht DEM 113,586 30.88% Here is how the rest of Florida’s Congressional…

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Rubio wins, GOP maintains control of Senate

Sen. Marco Rubio did very well in Northwest Florida: Escambia Santa Rosa Okaloosa Walton Rubio 93,693 (62.2%) 66,700 (76.9%) 74,646 (74.8%) 25,682 (77.2%) Murphy 51,021…

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Rural America sweeps Trump into the White House

In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Donald Trump came to the stage of the New York Hilton Midtown to announce that the Hillary Clinton…

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Posted in 2016 Election

Tampa Bay Times picks six counties to watch, none in NWFL

The Tampa Bay Times has identified six counties to watch for this year’s presidential race: 1. Pinellas County: “Barack Obama won it by nearly 8…

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STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (LUNCH EDITION)

STATE CAPITAL BRIEFS (LUNCH EDITION): MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA ABOUT HALF OF FLORIDA VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST BALLOTS Nearly half…

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FloridaWest Recognizes Fluid Metalworks

By Duwayne Escobedo Fluid Metalworks was recognized by FloridaWest, Escambia County’s economic development arm, for creating high-paying manufacturing jobs and for providing job training in…

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Posted in 2016 Election

Voting day tips from Election Supervisor David Stafford

Election Day Tips for Escambia Voters Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford has offered Escambia County voters some tips to prepare for Election Day, Tuesday,…

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