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What happened to transparency at city hall?

When City CFO Dick Barker addresses the Pensacola City Council, he frequently talks about his 35+ years with the city’s finance department as he makes…

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Pensacola job market one of the best in Florida

With Florida’s economy expected to hit $1 trillion this year and its unemployment rate at 3.9 percent, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report…

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Bay County starts work on $37-million sports park (Mayor Hayward, please read footnote)

Yesterday, Bay County broke ground on a $37-million sports park that will include an outdoor field complex, athletic fields, walking and biking trails. It is…

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Posted in Escambia County Politics

Arena partner has checkered past

Before Escambia County does anything with Jay Patel and his Pensacola Arena Development Partners, the Board of County Commissioners needs to have staff do background…

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Bayview center: Budget analyst says, ‘project was not planned at a $6M total cost level from the beginning’

The Pensacola City Council’s budget analyst, Butch Hansen, sent the council his review of the proposed $9.6-million Bayview Community Center. He states, “My review of…

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International Paper Grant deadline July 1

International Paper Pensacola Mill will award $85,000 in grants in 2018. The deadline for all 2018 grant applications is Sunday, July 1. International Paper Pensacola…

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Escambia County Democratic Women’s Club meets June 14

The next meeting for the Escambia County Democratic Women’s Club will be 11:45 a.m. Thursday, June 14 at the Tryon Branch Library, 1200 Langley Ave….

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United Way gives away $850K on June 19

United Way of Escambia County (UWEC) will hold a press conference to announce the nonprofit agencies that will receive grant funding through the Community Investment…

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Greg Litton files for District 4 Commission seat

Former Major League Baseball player Greg Litton has pre-filed as a Republican to run for Escambia County Commission District 4 seat. Grover Robinson has held…

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Ballsy Plan for Mayor Hayward

On Monday, City CFO Dick Barker told the Pensacola City Council that the city has the funds to pay for the construction of a $10-million…

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Update: ECUA board member agrees to attend drinking water town hall

ECUA board member Larry Walker will be attending tonight’s town hall on drinking water. Organizer Teresa Hill called Inweekly this morning and said Walker had…

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Triumph board approves $10M grant to expand Port of Panama City, moves to contract phase on Escambia training grant

Triumph Gulf Coast’s board of directors unanimously voted on final approval yesterday of a $10 million grant agreement with the Port of Panama City for…

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