Escambia County still mediocre school system

Last week, Florida Department of Education release the Florida Standard Assessment scores for each school district. Several districts, including Santa Rosa County, sent out press…

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Barker lost the council when he stretched ‘facts’

Last week, the City of Pensacola’s chief financial officer, Dick Barker, tried to use his 38 years of experience in the city’s finance department and…

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Florida holds nearly half of migrant kids in Homestead prison-like facility

According to news reports, 2,000 migrant children have been separated from their parents and are being held in detention in Homestead, Fla U.S. Rep. Debbie…

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Local Wendy’s restaurants sold to Memphis firm

Carlisle, the tenth largest Wendy’s franchise organization, announced the acquisition of an additional 46 restaurants in Alabama and Florida from the Wendco Group, a Wendy’s…

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Florida Chamber endorses Bydlak for Florida House District 1

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (June 18, 2018)—The Florida Chamber of Commerce today announced its endorsement of Rebekah Bydlak for Florida House District 1. “Rebekah Bydlak is a…

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Moore leads City District 4 race, 57.5 percent doesn’t know candidates

According to an Inweekly/Political Matrix poll of 226 likely Pensacola District 4 voters, Jared Moore holds a lead with 18.6 percent of the vote followed…

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Four locals named among 100 most influential people in Florida politics

Our area had four people named to the Influence Magazine’s “Influence 100” list–Lewis Bear, Jr., Stan Connally, Andy Marlette and Collier Merrill. Florida CFO Jimmy…

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Petition calls for City Administrator to be investigated

A petition has been launched on change.org regarding City Administrator Eric Olson’s decision to halt processing of the city’s recyclables last September without informing the…

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Poll: Robinson leads in mayor’s race, Buchanan nearly doubles support

Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson has a commanding lead in the race to be Pensacola’s next mayor but still falls short of winning the office…

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Bare files for ECUA District 4

Former Pensacola City Council President Charles L. Bare has pre-filed for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, District 4, as a Republican for the 2018 election. He…

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Santa Rosa touts academic success

From the Santa Rosa County School District: The Santa Rosa County School District would like to congratulate all our students, teachers, school staff, administrators, and…

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Garden District Cottages to begin work soon

ParsCo, LLC and its development entity, Encore Investment Company, LLC (Encore), have completed the closing on the former Blount School property with the City of…

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Buchanan applauds resumption of recycling, calls on Hayward to terminate city administrator

A bright spot of last night’s council meeting was the Pensacola City Council’s approval a contract with ECUA for the processing of recyclables. Mayoral candidate…

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Fiscal conservatism wins out on Thursday

Last night, the Pensacola City Council overwhelmingly told Mayor Ashton Hayward not to spend more than $8.25 million on the new Bayview Community Center. The…

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Donut strike next week

The Pensacola Police Department (PPD), Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO), Pensacola Fire Department (PFD), and Escambia County Fire Rescue (ECFR) are going on strike against…

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City of Pensacola mishandling of recyclables may have cost over $109K

Inweekly has reviewed the Tarpon Paper Co. invoices for the first six months of 2017. The City of Pensacola sent Tarpon 2,683,558 pounds of recyclables…

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A public record that the city can not provide

On May 28, Inweekly made the following request for: “The documentation sent to Caldwell Associates Architects (CAA) that updated the budget of the Bayview Community…

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Local combat veteran honored

During the meeting of the Florida Cabinet yesterday, Governor Scott recognized Alex Hill, 26, with the Governor’s Young Entrepreneur Award. Hill is a student at…

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Bay Cruises start June 22

Bay Cruises Start Friday The National Park Service and Gulf Coast Maritime Services, Inc. have signed a contract for the operation of Pensacola Bay Cruises….

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Scott wants term limits for Congress

By Jim Turner THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has made imposing congressional term limits a priority of his U.S. Senate…

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