On Monday, Congressman Matt Gaetz appeared to be one of the few voice pushing for Republicans not to give up on their campaign promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. By the end…
Scott takes aim at Corcoran
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott on Monday upped his personal battle with House Speaker Richard Corcoran about the future of the state’s business-recruitment agency. Kim McDougal,…
Gaetz on Obamacare: ‘We’re not quitters’
On “Pensacola Speaks†yesterday, Congressman Matt Gaetz said the House Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace Obamacare last week was “the most disappointing week of my seven years in public service.†Why?…
Studer: why local governments, businesses and other entities have trouble changing [podcast]
Quint Studer tackles the barriers hold back organizations from improving- Rationalization, Blame, Denial, and Failure to take organizational performance personally.
Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic has openings
Escambia County has received word from the Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic that they have been providing record levels of service, but they have the ability to see more patients today as well…
New names to be added to Wall South
The Veterans Memorial Park Foundation of Pensacola will be add 140 names to “Wall South†at Veterans Memorial Park at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29. The adding of the names is…
Speaker upset with Constitution Revision Commission
From The News Service of Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran, R-Land O’ Lakes, chided the chairman of the Constitution Revision Commission on Thursday for scheduling public hearings during the legislative session —…
House passes Triumph bills
From The News Service of Florida Northwest Florida counties moved closer Thursday to getting money the state received last year from the multibillion-dollar BP settlement tied to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil…
Best School Superintendent in Florida honored
From the Florida Department of Education: At yesterday’s State Board of Education meeting, Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart named former St. Johns County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joseph G. Joyner as the 2016…
Mayor and Board of County Commissioners celebrate local volunteers
To kick-off National Volunteer Recognition Month, United Way of Escambia County, the City of Pensacola and Escambia County are hosting The Mayor and County’s Day of Recognition for Community Volunteers on Tuesday,…
Escambia County population growth lags behind surrounding counties
Since 2010, the population growth rate of Escambia County, 5.7%, has lagged behind the growth of its neighboring counties–Okaloosa 11.3%, Santa Rosa 11.5%, and Baldwin Co., Ala. 13.8%. Â The rate slowed in…
Council President seeks full council input on Hayward veto of budget analyst
From Pensacola Council President Brian Spencer: Mayoral Veto of #17-00186 Hiring of a Budget Analyst Although requests have been made of me as Council President to provide an opinion on the Mayoral…
Downtown pole still standing
The extremely tall pole that we and other downtown business owners were told was being relocated is still standing. An electric meter has been attached and the city’s inspection department approved the…
Surprise: Gaetz supports Revised American Health Care Act
Yesterday, Republicans in the House of Representatives revealed several key changes to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the new Republican healthcare plan. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01) led the fight for these…
Ingram gets funding for Bluffs and airport through his committee [podcast]
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola got good news yesterday. Rep. Clay Ingram reported on “Pensacola Speaks” that infrastructure funding for FloridaWest’s Bluffs project and VT-MAE at the Pensacola International Airport…
Ford named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame announced today that the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition co-founder and CEO Ken Ford is among the eight inventors who will be inducted into…
Corcoran faces the Tiger
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran isn’t afraid to challenge Gov. Rick Scott. And he didn’t shy away from the opportunity to speak before the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club, even though Escambia County…
Bay Bridge Update:Traffic Flow a Priority Across Bay [see phases]
By Duwayne Escobedo Inweekly Susan Woolf is already in the process of moving from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola to avoid future traffic snarls during the construction of the new six-lane Pensacola Bay…
Mayor Hayward still does not have working employee evaluation system (Update: but it’s coming)
Last May, we reported that Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward had discontinued the city’s job performance evaluation not long after he took office. The public records obtained by Inweekly show that city employees…
William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry: Olvera de la Cruz
The University of West Florida and the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) will host renowned researcher and educator Dr. Monica Olvera de la Cruz for two lectures March 30-31…