Posted in Escambia County Pensacola

Four questions for Monday

How safe are high school football games? At Booker T. Washington High, the teachers are paid to sell tickets at the gate, while other schools…

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Florida Board of Accountancy announces Clay Ford Scholarship Recipients

he Florida Board of Accountancy (FBA), a professional regulation board of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), today announced the 2019 recipients of…

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M.E. nominee withdraws

State Attorney Bill Eddins announced today that Dr. Scott Luzi has withdrawn his name for consideration as Chief Medical Examiner for the First District of…

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Posted in Pensacola

D5 nominees preview

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Although the deadline doesn’t fall until late Friday afternoon for nominations, the city of Pensacola has provided a preview of the…

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Posted in Business Escambia County

‘Small Things’ delay bridge

by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly State Senator Doug Broxson (R-Gulf Breeze), accompanied by a spokesman from the Florida Department of Transportation, invited local media to his…

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Posted in Business Caring

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

August 22 marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into 2019 Black women have to work before their wages catch up to…

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Escambia Santa Rosa get more liquor licenses, lottery in Oct.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s (DBPR) Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco opened the entry period for the 2019 Quota Beverage License…

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Florida to share voter registration info

Editor’s note: This is a big deal–and will make our voting registration more secure. From Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…

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UWF Haas Center 5.0 announced

Pensacola, Fla. – August 21, 2019 – The University of West Florida announces the expansion of the UWF Haas Center in its mission to support…

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Dream Defenders call for firing of PPD officer

Dream Defenders has released the name of the Pensacola police officer who killed Tymar Crawford when the man got into an altercation with police after…

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State of the City

Mayor Grover Robinson yesterday presented his first State of the City at luncheon sponsored by the Greater Pensacola Chamber. He highlight several areas growth over…

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Posted in Escambia County Florida Guns

Poll: Panhandle supports background checks

The latest Inweekly/Political Matrix poll found Florida’s First Congressional District strongly supports universal background checks. With 81% support, this issue does not seem to be…

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