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Notes from the News Service of Florida on today’s meeting of the Florida Senate: CONVENED: The Senate convened at 10 a.m., President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando,…

by Jeremy Morrison Across the front of the room a series of renderings rested on easels, each detailing potential sites for a new Escambia County…

The National Center for Education Statistics today released the Nation’s Report Card on mathematics and reading assessment findings across the country for fourth and eighth…

Last Friday, State Lands Division Director Kelley Boree resigned. The Tampa Bay Times had investigating a sole-source $500,000 contract awarded to a company founded by…

Former Pensacola International Airport Director Greg Donovan resigned in August 2014 to head the Melbourne, Fla. airport. Yesterday U.S. Air Force announced that one of…

Pensacola native Morgan Arnett enrolled this summer into the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Buffalo. Her work has been featured at…

The latest NY Times/CBS News poll has retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson ahead of Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. However, the…

Destin City Councilwoman Prebble Ramswell and City Manager Greg Gisela are being investigated for “irregularities in the city credit card” use. Last week, Gisela asked…

On Nov. 6, the Frank Brown Songwriters’ Festival will pay tribute to Nashville’s legendary producer Larry Butler with a special concert at the University of…

University of West Florida Wellness Services recently partnered with the UWF Department of Social Work to kick off the Red Flag Campaign for dating violence…

Last month, the State Auditor General issued a report that pointed out several operational issues with the Northwest Florida Water Management District (NFWMD), which manages…

Pensacola International Airport is going have more competition for new airline service. The Okaloosa County Tourism Development Council has voted to budget $3 million to…

Today, state senators will face a slate of 17 amendments when they meet to consider a new set of lines for the chamber’s 40 districts….

On News Talk 1370 WCOA, I will interview Mica Hughes-Harrell, UWF Director of Wellness Services, on The Red Flag Campaign, national initiative to raise awareness…

On Friday, I had interviewed Rob Overton, executive director of the University of West Florida Historic Trust. He talked about the newly announced interpretative master…

The first major, fully-permitted sailboat race to Cuba – since diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba ceased Jan. 3, 1961 – starts this weekend…

Ed Fleming has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 1st District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. Fleming, of Pensacola, is a partner…

Pensacola State College Visual Arts Instructor Linh O’Briant recently received a Merit Award in the 2015 SEGD Global Design Awards program. O’Briant’s recognition from the…

Over year ago, Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that he wanted to establish a lobbyist registry, the issue is coming before the Pensacola City Council. In…