Crisis: Math scores tragic
The middle school math scores are tragic with only one eighth class above the state average (46%)–the magnet school Brown Barge (66%). The other eight…
Escambia Public Education crisis in a nutshell
Escambia County only has two 10 grades that exceed the state average (53%) for students that are performing on grade level or higher for English…
State assessments reveal district still behind
The Florida Department of Education yesterday released the state assessment grades for the school districts. Santa Rosa County sent out a letter touting its successes….
New laws start on July 1
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s record $90.98 billion spending plan for next fiscal year and more than 100 new…
Oops: Supreme Court has ruled for lower court to rehear Bayview Cross case
The American Humanist Association has announced that the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the rulings of the district court and court of appeals had concluded that…
Mayor, dust off plans and go to work
Mayor Grover Robinson doesn’t have to go too far to find ideas about what to do on Moreno Street after Baptist Hospital relocates. There’s the…
ACLU: Escambia-the most policed school district in Florida
The ACLU of Florida reviewed discipline data provided by the Florida Departments of Education and Juvenile Justice. The ACLU found that among the largest school…
Baptist Hospital making a move
Baptist Health Care is moving. Described as “a transformational investment and commitment for generations to come,” plans for a new campus at the corner of…
Grover’s big leadership challenge
The announcement that Baptist Health Care is building a $550 million hospital facility on Brent Lane and leaving west Pensacola poses a big leadership challenge…
Salzman takes on Hill
Press release: Michelle Salzman proudly announces her Republican candidacy for the 2020 Florida State House, District 1, challenging incumbent Mike Hill. As a Mother, a Veteran, and…
Baptist building new hospital near Pensacola Christian College
Press Release: Baptist Health Care announced plans today to build a new full-scale hospital at Brent Lane and I-110 as part of a long-term master…
Pensacola has no black majority districts
For decades, the city of Pensacola has had two districts with a majority of African-American voters, Districts 5 and 7, and one that was nearly…
Buzz: Thomas backing out on Triumph grant … again
With Gov. Ron DeSantis and nearly the entire state of Florida talking about the need to improve vocational education and create a stronger young workforce,…
Gaetz: No go on using military force against Iran without congressional approval
Today, U.S. Congressmen Matt Gaetz (FL-01) and Ro Khanna (CA-17), along with 16 original cosponsors, introduced an amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act…
What happened to $18.7 million for hatchery?
In June 2018, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission asked the City of Pensacola to terminate its lease to build a $18.7-million fish hatchery on…
Presser: Few answers, no follow-ups
City Administrator Chris Holley yesterday filled in for Mayor Grover Robinson at the city’s weekly press conference. He was accompanied by City Attorney Susan Woolf,…
Hepatitis A cases up in our area
The News Service of Florida reports with 77 cases added last week, Florida has reported nearly three times as many cases of hepatitis A in…
Sunday’s Child award $106K
Four charities across the Pensacola Bay Area received grants from Sunday’s Child, an LGBTQ-focused philanthropic non-profit, to fund initiatives and projects that promote diversity of…
Miller’s zombie campaign
Florida Politic’s Noah Pransky reports how our former Congressman Jeff Miller has used his campaign account that he never shut down. Miller, who chaired the…
Pensacola hit by budget vetoes
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed Airport expansion for a MRO campus – $1.5 million, as well as Cervantes Street pedestrian improvements, $600,000. From Christine Sexton, The…
