Escambia County chair warns state politics could syphon away BP settlement dollars
From Escambia County Chairman & District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson: As the federal government’s and five Gulf States’ settlements with British Petroleum become imminent, the…
State decision on Uber drivers appealed
A former Uber driver is appealing a decision last week by Gov. Rick Scott’s administration that drivers for the app-based transportation company should be considered…
Former city planner says city staff knew radio tower was illegal
Elizabeth Schrey worked as a city planner for the City of Pensacola from December 2012-February 2015. She told Inweekly this morning that both her boss,…
White Christmas comes to Pensacola
Press release: Pensacola is going to have a white Christmas this year and we’re not talking about snow or the sandy white beaches. Pensacola Little…
More opinions sought on Long Hollow radio tower
Several Pensacola City Council members have been told that the city administration is seeking to find another attorney to render opinions on the non-conformity of…
Environmental group set to report on EPA Superfund mismanagement
On the 35th anniversary of Superfund, the environmental group Citizens Against Toxic Exposure (CATE) plans to release a new study of Superfund activity and what…
County Corrections Director fired
County Administrator Jack Brown has fired his Director of Corrections, Mike Tidwell. Starting today, jail command, community corrections and road prison staff will report directly…
City stonewalls request for public records of Divine Word Communications
Inweekly has made five requests for the Divine Word Communications’ records regarding the demolition of the old radio tower and the construction of the new,…
Medical marijuana bill moves thru Florida Senate
A measure that would allow terminally ill patients to use full-strength marijuana has just one more committee stop before going to the Senate floor for…
State DEO determines Uber drivers are independent contractors
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director, Jesse Panuccio, has issued a final order on the employment classification for Uber drivers in the state. The…
New HAAS Center announced
The University of West Florida Center for Research and Economic Opportunity recently announced Zachary Jenkins as the new director of the Haas Center. Jenkins will…
State lawmaker look to divert mentally ill from criminal justice system
A House panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill aimed at keeping Floridians with mental illnesses out of the criminal-justice system. The House Children, Families…
Underhill: Zero is the only acceptable standard on jail deaths
On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks,” Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill was interviewed about the six deaths in the county jail over the past…
Broxson speaks in favor of fracking bill as it gains House support
House Republicans continued moving forward Wednesday with a bill that would create a new regulatory structure for oil and natural-gas drilling in Florida, with most…
Breaking News: Supreme Court signs off on Congressional districts
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling about the state’s congressional districts, ending at least one phase of a nearly four-year…
Wells to be reassigned
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has notified the City Council that he will retain and reassign Rusty Wells, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Wells was the city…
Council members wait for more info before debating radio tower quagmire
Inweekly shared with the Pensacola City Council the two legal opinions from John Asmar regarding the non-conformity of the new, larger radio tower built in…
Former jail mental health counselor says infirmary lacks full-time medical staff
Lynn Laird worked for Prison Health Services as a mental health counselor in charge of all the men and juveniles in the county jail. Prison…
Prison health firm cancels contract with state
By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Saying a contract with the state is “too constraining,” a company that provides health care to 75,000…
Dannheisser and Dickey moved up to First Judicial Circuit Court bench
Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointments of Judge Thomas V. Dannheisser and Judge Darlene F. Dickey to the First Judicial Circuit Court. Judge Dannheisser,…
