Attorney General Pam Bondi and 42 other attorneys general today announced a multimillion dollar settlement with Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. resolving allegations that the company unlawfully promoted…
Wentworth Foundation endows PSC chair
The T.T. Wentworth Jr. Historical Foundation, Inc. has completed its final phase by placing a parting gift of more than $100,000 with Pensacola State College to establish a perpetual resource for distinguished…
Escambia Democratic Party hosts Democratic Candidate and Campaign Training
PENSACOLA—The Escambia Democratic Party is offering a day-long Candidate and Campaign Training for Democrats in the Florida Panhandle The training will introduce participants to the nuts and bolts of running as a…
Trump budget eliminates Amtrak, crushes dream of Pensacola route
U.S. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his staff have reviewed the budget proposed by President Donald Trump. It apparently eliminates all Amtrak Services in Florida, which was used by over 950,000 riders during…
Rawson Lane rodeo ends in unusual 3-2 vote
By Samantha Sontag INWEEKLY After a 4 ½-hour meeting Monday evening, the Escambia County Commissioners voted to embrace change with a 3-2 vote in favor of closing Rawson Lane at the request…
Open letter from New York City to Florida
Cute promotion… Dear Florida: Just checking in to let you and all my NYC snowbirds and (sigh) permanent Floridians that they don’t need to be homesick for the Big Apple any more….
Podcast: ‘Giant Killers’ Levin Papantonio Tackle Terrorism
Giant killer Mike Papantonio and his team at Levin Papantonio, along with six other national firms, filed a lawsuit (Holladay, et al. v. Iran) on May 15, in the United States District…
National Flight Academy announces Summer Cyber Security Overnight Program
Pensacola, Fla.: High school students will have a new summer camp opportunity to learn computer programming at the National Flight Academy’s Codebreakers program scheduled for Monday, July 17–Wednesday, July 19. Students will…
Putnam: We should not let complacency creep into the state [podcast]
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced two weeks ago his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Gov. Rick Scott terms out in 2018, and the race is considered wide-open. On May…
Scott faces decision on ‘liquor wall’
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Opponents have mobilized to try to convince Gov. Rick Scott to veto a bill that would a repeal a decades-old law requiring hard spirits…
38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp starts next month
The 38th Chip Boes Championship Basketball Camp hosted by the City of Pensacola Department of Parks and Recreation Sports Speciality Summer Camp Program will conduct three fun filled sessions for boys and…
East Hill Neighborhood Association installs Little Free Library tomorrow
The East Hill Neighborhood Association Board of Directors will be installing a Little Free Library at OJ Semmes Elementary School on Tuesday, May 23 at 12:30 p.m. The board of directors include…
State concealed-weapon database hacked
From The News Service of Florida: Nearly 500 people may have had their Social Security numbers obtained in a data breach at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Also, the…
Videos of Carpenter’s Creek clean-up
This past weekend, the Emerald Coastkeepers led another clean-up of Carpenter’s Creek. Councilwoman Sherri Myers took these videos of the effort. She gave me this description of the photo above: “This is…
City of Pensacola holds first public input meeting of 2017
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward will seek public input for the new community center in one of the city’s most popular parks. The City of Pensacola is undertaking the building of a new…
Florida Senate budget chair wants a veto, too
By Duwayne Escobedo INWEEKLY Florida Sen. Jack Latvala told the Tiger Bay Club Friday that he asked Gov. Rick Scott to veto the education spending bill that the state House and Senate…
Escambia County third reading performance rises above state average for first time
Congratulations to the parents, teachers and volunteers who worked hard to improve reading performance in our area. The Florida Department of Education has released the third grade reading scores for 2016-17 school…
Event Reminder: Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival, May 20-21
The third annual Pensacola Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday May 20-21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Plaza de Luna, located at 900 S….
Temporary help for families in crisis
EscaRosa Coalition On the Homeless currently has funds available for families through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant to assist local families with children who are in imminent danger of…
State college presidents ask Scott to veto education budget [podcast]
Dr. Ed Meadows, president of Pensacola State College, believes the education budget passed by the Florida Legislature increases funding for the elite universities on the backs of the state colleges. Earlier this…