Viewpoint: Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense

by Lawrence S. Wittner The issue of making college tuition-free has recently come to the fore in American politics, largely because the two leading contenders…

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Fur flies on Florida Senate floor on redistricting vote, Latvala v. Gaetz

Notes from the News Service of Florida on today’s meeting of the Florida Senate: CONVENED: The Senate convened at 10 a.m., President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando,…

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Talking about jail sites

by Jeremy Morrison Across the front of the room a series of renderings rested on easels, each detailing potential sites for a new Escambia County…

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Literary crisis should be a priority

The National Center for Education Statistics today released the Nation’s Report Card on mathematics and reading assessment findings across the country for fourth and eighth…

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Latest poll shows why Northwest Florida Republicans like Carson and Trump

The latest NY Times/CBS News poll has retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson ahead of Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. However, the…

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‘Blue Moon’ suspect arrested

Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan this announced that Donald Hartung Sr., 58, has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide that occurred on Deerfield…

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Okaloosa County gearing up to recruit airline

Pensacola International Airport is going have more competition for new airline service. The Okaloosa County Tourism Development Council has voted to budget $3 million to…

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Inaugural Pensacola a la Habana Regatta this weekend

The first major, fully-permitted sailboat race to Cuba – since diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba ceased Jan. 3, 1961 – starts this weekend…

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Lobbyist registry is back up for consideration

Over year ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that he wanted to establish a lobbyist registry, the issue is coming before the Pensacola City Council. In…

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Good news from the blog, Oct. 24 edition

IMPACT 100 gives away a million dollars in an afternoon IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Sunday awarded 10 grants worth $106,000 each to community groups….

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Good news from Inweekly, Oct. 24 edition

Back to Barktoberfest By Jennifer Leigh   Halloween may be a holiday for the kids, but one of the cutest events of the season is…

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Wilkins moves over to the city

At 5:30 pm Friday, the mayor’s office sent out a press release that Keith Wilkins has been hired as the new assistant city administrator. Why…

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