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Congressman Miller speaks out on VA wait-time manipulation

Today, Chairman Miller released the following statement regarding newly released Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General reports documenting patient wait-time manipulation at 40 VA facilities…

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Posted in 2016 Election

New candidate files for Congress, District 1

James Zumwalt, former member of the elite Navy bomb squad and former Military Advisor for Congressman Jeff Miller, filed paperwork to succeed Congressman Miller in…

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Posted in Environment

RESTORE project rankings ready for BCC

The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee voted last month to approve the ranking of all 124 RESTORE applications in Escambia County, taking a significant…

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Now legal to shack up in Florida. Thank you, Rick Scott

By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA For the first time since shortly after the Civil War, it is no longer a crime for…

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Posted in Education

Pinellas develops plan to help black students

Pinellas County School District has announced a plan to improve the education that its African-American students receive On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education said…

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Posted in Business

Haas Center: Recovery not benefitting low-income Northwest Florida communities

By ZACH JENKINS | zjenkins@uwf.edu The 250,000 residents living in economically distressed communities in Northwest Florida have probably heard that the economy has nearly recovered…

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Viewpoint: Gandhi’s Salt-How a Fistful of Mud and Seawater Shook the British Empire

By Rivera Sun On April 6, 1930 at 6:30 a.m. after morning prayers, Mohandas K. Gandhi raised a lump of salty mud and declared, “With…

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Posted in Escambia County

Sean’s Outpost gets a continuance

Escambia County issued this announcement to the release: At a hearing today, the Escambia County Special Magistrate granted a continuance of the meeting until June…

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Posted in Education Escambia County Pensacola Politics

Pensacola Speaks: Pensacola Promise Zone

The PNJ wrote about the collaborative effort to get one of the poorest areas in the community designated a HUD Promise Zone. Since then, I…

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News Service of Florida has: Five Questions for Rick Wilson

Rick Wilson is a friend and has been a regular quest on my radio shows over the years. The News Service of Florida spent time…

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Posted in Business

Crowne Plaza becomes Grand again, April 15

The Pensacola Grand Hotel will soon end its affiliation with InterContinental Hotels Group as a Crown Plaza hotel. Beginning April 15, the Pensacola Grand Hotel…

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Five questions with Congressman Ron DeSantis

Congressman Ron DeSantis stopped by the Inweekly offices yesterday. The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate was making a campaign stop and spoke last night at…

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