AFL-CIO endorses Casey

Press release: The Northwest Florida Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO is excited to announce the endorsement of Jesse Casey. Mr. Casey is running as a candidate…

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Retail association endorses Broxson

Press release: The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) PAC, the state’s premier trade association representing retailers for over 75 years, today announced its endorsement of Doug…

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Florida infrastructure gets C grade

Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure depicts the condition and performance of American infrastructure in the familiar…

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County makes offer for jail site

by Duwayne Escobedo… After more than two years of haggling about where to rebuild a jail destroyed by flooding in April 2014, the five-member Escambia…

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Barker adds another wrinkle to gas tax agreement

The Pensacola City Council approved the gas tax allocation plan passed by the Escambia Board of County Commissioners with one significant change. The BCC approved…

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BCC release on LOGT, Jail

Commission Moves Forward on Gas Tax Sharing, Land Purchase for Jail At a series of meetings today, July 14, the Escambia County Board of County…

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Pensacola Speaks: Cris Dosev, ITen Wired

I will open “Pensacola Speaks” today with Congressional candidate Cris Dosev at 5:10 p.m. Dosev will give us an update on his campaign. In the…

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Pothole Politics

By Duwayne Escobedo City and county officials played pothole politics for 2 ½ hours Thursday. In the end, the state funding from the 6-cent Local…

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Women in Technology : ‘Women in Aviation’ on July 20

Innovation Coast’s next Women in Technology event will feature a panel discussion with the theme of women in aviation. The event is scheduled for 4-6…

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Mayor Hayward recommends $10K raise for Pensacola City Council

Former Pensacola City Councilwoman Maren Deweese has been combing through Mayor Ashton Hayward’s proposed FY 2017. She has discovered the mayor has proposed raising the…

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ITEN Wired: 2016 Geeks on the Beach

The ITEN Wired Summit comes back to the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front on October 12–14 as a bigger, better, three-day conference. Co-hosted by IT…

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Pensacola Chamber releases responses to local candidate questionnaire

Today, the Greater Pensacola Chamber released the answers submitted by candidates running for Pensacola City Council and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners. Candidates were…

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Scott, Bondi to speak GOP National Convention

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who lined up months ago behind GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, will be among the speakers…

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Pensacola health system ranks 266 of 306 U.S. communities

This 2016 edition of The Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on Local Health System Performance assesses the state of health care in more than 300 U.S. communities…

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Okaloosa developer finances medical pot nursery

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Panhandle developer Jay Odom is bankrolling a Northeast Florida operation licensed by health officials to grow, process…

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Studer to speak at UWF Center for Entrepreneurship workshop

The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of West Florida College of Business is hosting a workshop on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 9 a.m. in…

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Photos of the design for new Pensacola Bay Bridge

These photos will give you a better understanding of the look of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge:

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Century Town Council approves food trucks

NorthEscambia.com reports that tThe Town of Century has voted to allow food trucks and other portable food vendors to purchase a business license. When Sonny’s…

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More Pensacola Bridge drawings

From the winner – Skanska I’ll post more later.

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City Budget by years

In his annual Budget-In-Brief that he releases to the public at the same time he presents his budget proposal to the Pensacola City Council, Mayor…

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